http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/31/police_handheld_database/
"The handhelds would give officers access to 'everything we know about a person'. 'We hold intelligence on people we know to be criminals and suspect of being criminals,' he said.
But, he insisted the project gave officers nothing more than they could either already request over the radio or find at the police station. It was merely being shovelled into one device."
