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Courier
Overview
Emergency messaging system. Sends messages to specific cohorts of internal or partner agency groups before, during or after an incident.
Key features
The alert can be by text message, e-mail or voice call and can be targeted to certain groups with certain skills.
Key benefits
Saves time sending messages to multiple users compared to previous manual process.Quicker response times to emergencies.keeps partner agencies informed Fulfills responsibilities under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004
Users
Simon Bale and the Contingency Planning Team are the admin of the systemTarget audiences: All force groups, as well as partner Blue light agencies and MPs.
Instances
- Staging: courier-staging.policedigital.services
- Production: courier.policedigital.services
- Counter terrorism: courier-ctpsw.policedigital.services
Usage
Number of messages sent out in August: 13 messages sent to 1,795 recipientsTwo instance of Courier running:Contingency planningCounter terrorism
Status
Active -- Launched 20202nd iteration 2021
Hosting
Azure
Tech stack
.Net CoreCosmos database
Integrations
In house applications
Force IT
Third party
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Governance and compliance
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Contacts
- Business Lead: Simon Bale
- Christian King -- Development Team Lead
Repositories
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Resources
See child pages and resources where available.
Published 13 May 2024
Last updated 21 September 2026