There remain difficulties in separating the benefits of Airwave from other projects

 3.32 Numerous other initiatives aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the police are also being implemented locally and by PITO at the same time as Airwave. There are local initiatives focusing on improving efficiency and delivering more effective policing. There are also projects implemented by PITO under the National Strategy for Police Information such as:

  HOLMES2 - an integrated suite of applications used for the investigation of major and serious crime;

  NAFIS - the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System; and

  The Police Portal - a new internet portal where the public can now report non-urgent, minor crime.

There are also other, more general, initiatives including increased use of CCTV and databases such as the national legal database. Disentangling the effects on police performance due solely to Airwave will therefore be difficult.