Bristol based WPC Software is continuing to expand its client base by signing 10 new contracts with nine of the UK's police forces. Five of these forces are new customers to WPC who now have systems with more than 30 of the 51 forces responsible for policing Great Britain. The company has been developing computer applications for the emergency services for over 14 years.

Shogun (Firearms Licensing system) is the company's flagship application and is still going strong. Bedfordshire Police, Norfolk Constabulary and the City of London Police will be installing the system in the coming months with the aim of making their work practices much more efficient. This takes the number of UK forces running Shogun up to 23.

Liquor Licensing system "Inn Keeper" is also proving to be in demand, with Merseyside, Essex, Staffordshire and City of London bringing the number of police customers up to 10. Inn Keeper will help them to keep on top of the lengthy administrative tasks involved in Liquor Licensing and monitor alcohol related crime.

WPC's systems are designed to make departmental information more accessible to the force, giving officers and administration staff the tools to do their job properly. None has proved more successful than ELVIS - the Easy Link Vehicle Information System, which has been in place at Merseyside Police for over two years. ELVIS has seen vehicle crime reduced by as much as 70% within certain areas of the force. Devon and Cornwall who have recently purchased the system are to use it to help with the increasing problem of abandoned vehicles as a result of the recently introduced ELV (End of Life Vehicle) legislation.

And finally, IMPACT a recently developed intranet application for tracking missing persons, developed in association with Gloucestershire Constabulary, has been subject to live trials with both the West Midlands and Leicestershire forces. WPC is pleased to announce that these trials have been successfully completed and both Forces have now purchased the application taking the number of forces with the system up to 3.

WPC Software intends to carry on in their mission to prove that computers are vital in the fight against crime.