An online crime data tool released by police yesterday crashed within hours and was found to have used insecure and redundant technology.
The project, developed by SAS Institute, immediately encountered problems on launch when users found glitches and discovered the tool couldn't be used on mobile phones.
According to Police, the data tool is "designed to support partners and communities to access Police data to help inform their planning, decision-making and policy development. The reports may also be of interest to media, researchers and others."
In the launch release yesterday, deputy chief executive for strategy Mark Evans said the new tool would "provide access to a host of useful information about crime trends, across five different reports which can be collated depending on the user's needs. It captures detailed data about numbers of offenders and victims by time, place, gender, ethnicity and age, without identifying individuals."
Before the site crashed, people discovered the tool used the outdated Adobe Flash web technology.