About TecSAFE

As the UK government launches its strategy to halve violence against women and girls within a decade, TecSAFE exemplifies how technology can deliver real change for both victims and policing. Delivered by the Police Digital Service and supported by the Home Office, TecSAFE is a bespoke solution designed to strengthen policing’s emergency response and safeguard the most vulnerable. 
 

Through an enhanced 999 protocol, victims of domestic abuse, stalking, harassment and other VAWG-related crimes gain rapid, direct access to the police. Once activated, TecSAFE provides real-time location tracking and intelligence to control rooms, enabling swift, consistent intervention across the UK. Already live in over 37 forces and available in 43 languages, TecSAFE has supported over 32,000 individuals to rebuild their lives after abuse. 

Aligned with the new VAWG Strategy’s pillars of prevention, relentless pursuit of perpetrators and victim support, TecSAFE demonstrates how innovation can enhance public protection and create safer communities. 

About the Police Digital Service

The Police Digital Service (PDS) is the UK organisation responsible for coordinating, developing, delivering, and managing digital services and solutions that enable UK policing to safely harness technology and improve public safety. 

The PDS is a private non-profit company funded by policing and the Home Office, working in partnership with law enforcement, private industry, charities and government.

As the main delivery arm of the National Policing Digital Strategy (2025–2030), the organisation is committed to support policing’s ambition to embrace digital capability to improve public protection and make communities safer. 

The PDS is driving digital transformation within UK policing by:

• Building and managing digital, data and technology solutions that enable forces to respond effectively to evolving threats, including violence against women and girls.
• Providing expert advice and innovation services to deliver consistent, victim-centred protection.
• Enhancing the cybersecurity posture of the law enforcement ecosystem.

With over 300 dedicated professionals, the PDS is committed to supporting the government’s ambition to halve VAWG in a decade and create a policing service that is trusted, engaged and digitally enabled.

We’ve recently launched our first TecSAFE newsletter. If you want to subscribe to the next issue going live in April, please drop us an email at TecSAFE@pds.police.uk.