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Cision Canada
6 days ago
- Business
- Cision Canada
NicheRMS365 selected as RMS of choice for the Toronto Police Service
TORONTO, Aug. 11, 2025 /CNW/ -- Niche Technology Inc. (Niche) is pleased to announce the Toronto Police Service (TPS), Canada's largest municipal police agency and the fourth largest municipal police agency in North America, has chosen NicheRMS365 as its next generation Records Management System (RMS). "We're extremely proud that TPS chose a made-in-Canada solution," says Fiona Scrimshaw, Niche Technology's Vice-President, Project Management, North America & Australasia. "From our early beginnings in Winnipeg in 1999, the unmatched configurability and advanced features of NicheRMS365 has made it the world's leading RMS solution with more super-major police agencies than our top 8 competitors combined." By selecting NicheRMS365, following a competitive procurement process, to enhance its operational police management capabilities, TPS joins an esteemed roster of large-scale police agencies in North America and around the world that have embraced Niche's out-of-the-box cutting-edge platform to deliver the latest technological innovations used to battle crime and enhance community safety. "This modern and intuitive RMS will transform how TPS manages operational records and data. It streamlines the flow of information from cruisers to courts, eliminates manual transcription and allows officers to create links for suspects, vehicles, addresses, and digitizes property collection, all on officer's mobile devices," said Colin Stairs, Chief Transformation Officer at the TPS. "This enhanced approach to data, connecting criminal activity and offenders, will streamline the prosecution process, and enhance the overall safety and well-being of the communities we serve." Selecting NicheRMS365 will provide TPS officers with Niche's proprietary Mobile First advantage – full access to the key RMS features through their mobile phones. "Our frontline officers will have real-time information literally in their hands so they can help the community members they're assisting and solve crimes," said Stairs who says Niche's approach to transforming policing through the deployment of technology made it a good fit for TPS. "Implementing technology that drives effectiveness, efficiency and accountability, is how we modernize our service and the information management tools we select need to scale with our size and our ambitions. NicheRMS365 will give us the flexibility and configurability we need to continually drive agility and innovation at TPS." Niche Technology Inc. looks forward to working closely with Stairs and his team to ensure a transition to NicheRMS365 that delivers in all key areas of the TPS to improve community safety and better serve the citizens of Toronto. NicheRMS365's track record as an evergreen RMS with an almost infinite number of configurable features has led to its widespread adoption by police agencies whose collective staffing approximate a quarter million. It is also the most widely used RMS in Canada, currently licensed coast to coast by 75% of the Nation's police officers. NicheRMS365 is the world's leading RMS platform used by large police agencies in North America, Australia, and the United Kingdom. About the Toronto Police Service Founded in 1834, the Toronto Police Service is the largest municipal police service in Canada, and the fourth largest in North America after New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. It is also the second oldest continuously operating municipal police force in the world. TPS is older than the New York City Police Department (1845), and Boston Police Department (1839). There are 5,300 sworn officers within the TPS and 2,500 civilian personnel. TPS has worked diligently to be more transparent and accountable to the public by better defining the services it provides and by re-aligning its performance metrics to a service delivery model. Th service is focused on three priorities: improve trust in and within the Service, accelerate police reform and professionalization and support safer communities About Niche Technology and NicheRMS365 Niche Technology is the world's leading RMS provider with customers in both hemispheres on three continents. At Niche we focus on the information demands of frontline officers when seconds count. The responsive NicheRMS365 UI provides a consistent, intuitive user experience on phone, tablet, laptop and desktop devices, so agencies can simply train once and use anywhere – on any device. Our customers have rewarded Niche Technology's innovation by making us the leading RMS provider worldwide, with more super-major police agencies using NicheRMS365 than our top 8 competitors combined. It's the most highly configurable, capable and respected RMS platform in the world.
The Irish Sun
17-06-2025
- Climate
- The Irish Sun
‘I'm retired so I've to find a new job' – Watch Rachael Blackmore like you've never seen her before in Ascot preview
RACHAEL Blackmore joked she's trying to figure out her next job while previewing the Royal Ascot Festival. The 35-year-old is fresh off 2 Asked about what she considers 'power dressing' to be she cited her red ensemble Credit: @blackmorerachael 2 Blackmore repeated that winning the Aintree Grand National was the greatest moment in her storied career Credit: Sportsfile She touched upon being at a real crossroads while partaking in a hilarious rapid-fire Q&A session ahead of Asked what's the next thing in life that she wants to achieve, the Tipperary trailblazer laughed: "I'm retired so to find a new job." Other amusing nuggets from this different sort of 'time trial' from the types which she's used to included her saying in place of giving a pep talk to one to of her horses, she used to go with a simple pat. She also named The Notorious BIG' Old Thing Back as he go-to pre-race song to get herself pumped up while she opted for "Stairs" when quizzed on what she considers to be the best possible horse name. Read More On Irish Sport The 2025 Royal Ascot Festival will run from today, Tuesday June 17 until Saturday. There's a As usual, Tuesday will see it broadcast from 1.30pm-5.30pm. That means everyone can avail of the free streaming platform provided by the Virgin Media Player. Most read in Horse Racing Heatwave alert Organisers have The Berkshire track missed most of last weekend's thunderstorms and grounds workers have been busy watering the track in the meantime. Jim Delahunt's FREE horse racing tips - Royal Ascot Preview - Tuesday and Wednesday's action With a heatwave of temperatures around 30C set to come into play it doesn't look like any rain will fall this week. And, as of Tuesday morning, that caused the ground to change from good, good to firm in places, to officially good to firm, good in places. The first of five day's top class racing kicks off at 2.30pm today with a blockbuster Queen Anne over a mile. And by then it is expected the ground will be good to firm all over. Punters flocking to the track can expect to sip a Pimm's or two under some dazzling sunsets, with the mercury going from a max of 26C on Tuesday to 29C by Friday. But it could push above the 30C barrier by Saturday, with much of the UK lined up for the hottest weather of the year so far. The Met Office forecast for Tuesday predicts 'another fine and very warm day, with plenty of sunshine and light winds'. And for the rest of the week the forecast reads: "Fine and increasingly hot through this period, with temperatures climbing by both day and night while winds remain light." Hot air from Portugal - the Azores High - will sweep over Britain, sending the mercury soaring. Met Office meteorologist Aidan McGivern said: "High pressure is building across the south of the UK and shifting the jet stream further north of the UK - that sets the scene for the rest of the week."
The Age
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
Something so strong pulls Neil Finn back to the open road, even 40 years on
You might assume that after 40 years with Crowded House, Neil Finn would've done it all. But then you see a viral video where he's singing Don't Dream It's Over with pop star Dua Lipa and you think, hmm, that's unexpected. 'I just got an email, turns out she and her father, who manages her, are big fans. I was very happy to be asked,' says Finn about being invited onstage by Lipa at her gig in Auckland in April. 'I happen to have an affection for her music, in part because my grandsons Buddy and Manaia danced to Houdini and Levitating all summer. I like her stuff and I like her, she emanates something really positive and good and she was a delight.' Also unexpected? That there are somehow places left in Australia that Crowded House have never yet managed to play. It's partly the reason the band will headline Red Hot Summer, a touring festival that'll take them through regional Australia this October and November, alongside acts like The Church, Angus & Julia Stone, and old acquaintances Mark Seymour and Vika & Linda. 'It's going to be quite a hanging-out-with-the-family kind of vibe, a pretty tight crew getting around to some interesting parts of Australia that we haven't been to for years or sometimes ever,' says Finn. 'There's a bit of extra excitement in the audience when you turn up in a place that's off the beaten track a little bit, where they don't necessarily get things like this. We're pleased to be part of that, and we aim to make it an unforgettable night'. Ever the ageing muso with his tousled grey hair, horn-rimmed glasses and pilling green jumper, Finn, 67 – Zooming from his sun-dappled writing room in Auckland – says he's a creature of habit when it comes to music these days. 'I have a fairly strict life. Not 'strict' because I love it, but a routine of coming into this room here every day and just exploring,' he says. He's been getting new songs going for Crowded House's next album, which he hopes to record in August, with the same lineup – his sons Liam and Elroy, and super-producer Mitch Froom on keyboards – established on 2021's acclaimed comeback Dreamers Are Waiting and last year's Gravity Stairs.
Sydney Morning Herald
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Something so strong pulls Neil Finn back to the open road, even 40 years on
You might assume that after 40 years with Crowded House, Neil Finn would've done it all. But then you see a viral video where he's singing Don't Dream It's Over with pop star Dua Lipa and you think, hmm, that's unexpected. 'I just got an email, turns out she and her father, who manages her, are big fans. I was very happy to be asked,' says Finn about being invited onstage by Lipa at her gig in Auckland in April. 'I happen to have an affection for her music, in part because my grandsons Buddy and Manaia danced to Houdini and Levitating all summer. I like her stuff and I like her, she emanates something really positive and good and she was a delight.' Also unexpected? That there are somehow places left in Australia that Crowded House have never yet managed to play. It's partly the reason the band will headline Red Hot Summer, a touring festival that'll take them through regional Australia this October and November, alongside acts like The Church, Angus & Julia Stone, and old acquaintances Mark Seymour and Vika & Linda. 'It's going to be quite a hanging-out-with-the-family kind of vibe, a pretty tight crew getting around to some interesting parts of Australia that we haven't been to for years or sometimes ever,' says Finn. 'There's a bit of extra excitement in the audience when you turn up in a place that's off the beaten track a little bit, where they don't necessarily get things like this. We're pleased to be part of that, and we aim to make it an unforgettable night'. Ever the ageing muso with his tousled grey hair, horn-rimmed glasses and pilling green jumper, Finn, 67 – Zooming from his sun-dappled writing room in Auckland – says he's a creature of habit when it comes to music these days. 'I have a fairly strict life. Not 'strict' because I love it, but a routine of coming into this room here every day and just exploring,' he says. He's been getting new songs going for Crowded House's next album, which he hopes to record in August, with the same lineup – his sons Liam and Elroy, and super-producer Mitch Froom on keyboards – established on 2021's acclaimed comeback Dreamers Are Waiting and last year's Gravity Stairs.
