Police National Computer
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The Police National Computer is a centralized UK law enforcement database system that stores and provides access to information on people, vehicles, and property for police and other criminal justice agencies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Police National Computer canonical | 1 |
| police national computer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9277128 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Police National Computer Context triple: [Gloucestershire Constabulary, uses, Police National Computer]
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A.
National Crime Information Center
The National Crime Information Center is a nationwide computerized database system in the United States that provides law enforcement agencies with real-time access to criminal justice information such as wanted persons, stolen property, and missing persons records.
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B.
Criminal Records Bureau
The Criminal Records Bureau was a UK government agency responsible for conducting criminal background checks on individuals working with children and vulnerable adults.
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C.
National Crime Records Bureau
The National Crime Records Bureau is an Indian government agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and maintaining nationwide crime and criminal data to support law enforcement and policy-making.
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D.
National Instant Criminal Background Check System
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is a U.S. system used to quickly determine whether a prospective firearm buyer is legally eligible to purchase guns.
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E.
National Crime Agency
The National Crime Agency is the United Kingdom’s lead law enforcement body for tackling serious and organized crime, including activities such as drug trafficking, human trafficking, cybercrime, and economic crime.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Police National Computer Target entity description: The Police National Computer is a centralized UK law enforcement database system that stores and provides access to information on people, vehicles, and property for police and other criminal justice agencies.
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A.
National Crime Information Center
The National Crime Information Center is a nationwide computerized database system in the United States that provides law enforcement agencies with real-time access to criminal justice information such as wanted persons, stolen property, and missing persons records.
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B.
Criminal Records Bureau
The Criminal Records Bureau was a UK government agency responsible for conducting criminal background checks on individuals working with children and vulnerable adults.
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C.
National Crime Records Bureau
The National Crime Records Bureau is an Indian government agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and maintaining nationwide crime and criminal data to support law enforcement and policy-making.
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D.
National Instant Criminal Background Check System
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is a U.S. system used to quickly determine whether a prospective firearm buyer is legally eligible to purchase guns.
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E.
National Crime Agency
The National Crime Agency is the United Kingdom’s lead law enforcement body for tackling serious and organized crime, including activities such as drug trafficking, human trafficking, cybercrime, and economic crime.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
criminal records database
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law enforcement database system ⓘ |
| accessControlledBy |
role-based access controls
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user authentication ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Automatic Number Plate Recognition systems
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local police force systems ⓘ other national law enforcement databases ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
disqualified drivers index
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names database ⓘ property database ⓘ vehicles database ⓘ wanted and missing persons index ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
provide access to criminal records
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store information on people ⓘ store information on property ⓘ store information on vehicles ⓘ support criminal investigations ⓘ support criminal justice processes ⓘ support intelligence-led policing ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Home Office
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Police Digital Service ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Home Office
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UK criminal justice agencies ⓘ UK police forces ⓘ
linked to:
UK law enforcement agencies
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| purpose |
improve efficiency of police information sharing
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support crime prevention and detection ⓘ support public safety ⓘ |
| storesDataType |
arrest records
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bail and custody information ⓘ cautions ⓘ criminal convictions ⓘ disqualified drivers records ⓘ firearms licensing markers ⓘ lost and stolen property records ⓘ stolen vehicles records ⓘ wanted or missing persons records ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
UK data protection law
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information security standards ⓘ police information management codes of practice ⓘ |
| usedBy |
British Transport Police
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Crown Prosecution Service ⓘ HM Courts and Tribunals Service ⓘ
linked to:
Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service
National Crime Agency ⓘ Police Scotland ⓘ Police Service of Northern Ireland ⓘ other authorised criminal justice agencies ⓘ police forces in England and Wales ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Police National Computer Description of subject: The Police National Computer is a centralized UK law enforcement database system that stores and provides access to information on people, vehicles, and property for police and other criminal justice agencies.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Police National Computer