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Serco has a long pedigree, extending back over twenty years, in supporting the Police and Local Authorities enforcing road traffic regulations.

In 1984, Serco and Gatsometer BV in Holland established a partnership which has since delivered over 5,000 safety camera sites in the UK. This partnership has helped to save 100 lives a year by deterring excessive speed and improving compliance with traffic signals.

Serco also provides a suite of software applications known as EROS which allow evidential material from all types of safety cameras to be processed, resulting in the issuing of a Notice of Intended Prosecution and, in many cases, a Conditional Offer of a Fixed Penalty. It also allows follow up activity and communications to be managed effectively.

In providing end to end enforcement solutions and by supporting criminal prosecutions, Serco has gained a wealth of experience, in developing solutions which robustly ensure the integrity of the evidential chain. This allows the Home Office Scientific Development Branch to grant Type Approval for the equipments which promotes confidence in the evidence being presented in a Court of Law.

As Road Safety Camera technology moves towards the capture of digital images, Serco has again developed a robust suite of measures to protect evidential material by securing it at the point of capture and ensuring it is delivered to a "back office" environment in an unaltered state. Digital images allow the enforcement process to be streamlined. Evidential material can be transferred from the roadside over a communications link and can be presented securely via a web browser to a suspect, reducing the number of challenges.