Case Study: West Midlands Police reduces digital forensics backlogs with Exterro

West Midlands Police Revolutionizes Digital Forensics With Exterro

West Midlands Police, one of the UK’s largest forces, was struggling with a growing digital forensics backlog caused by highly manual, fragmented workflows and the rising volume of evidential data. Working with Exterro, the force needed a more scalable way to process and review terabyte-scale phone and computer data quickly enough to support time-sensitive investigations.

Exterro implemented FTK Central, a cloud-based digital forensics platform that gave West Midlands Police a collaborative, web-based environment for rapid processing, review, and analysis. The results included a drastic reduction in backlog, faster case resolution, and improved forensic readiness, with processing reported to be up to 10x faster than traditional solutions and delays cut from months to far shorter timeframes.

West Midlands Police

John Price

Detective Sergeant