Regional cybercrime coordinator

A regional cybercrime coordinator​ is a digital and cybercrime position within the investigation sector of policing. It's a manager role in the policing professional profiles.

Role purpose

The regional cybercrime coordinator is key to the delivery of an effective cyber network at the local, regional, and national levels. Serving as the linchpin for communication, collaboration, deconfliction and connectivity, they are the cornerstone bringing together local, regional, and national capabilities.

They enable the management and oversight of operational activity within force cybercrime units (FCCU) by the regional cybercrime unit (RCCU). They enhance the victim response by ensuring FCCU accountability against performance objectives, such as the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) cybercrime performance framework. 

The regional cybercrime coordinator works with FCCUs to increase capability in tackling Computer Misuse Act 1990 (CMA) offending, through:

• regional 4P (prepare, prevent, pursue and protect) meetings
• budget management
• facilitating training
• promoting good practice

They provide the NPCC cybercrime team with timely performance, budget, resource and asset data, enabling central governance and oversight of the national cybercrime network (NCCN).

Key responsibilities

Key responsibility statements show the accountabilities for someone in this role. They focus on what is done, not how it is done.

• Developing and maintaining relationships with national, regional and force colleagues, and other partners within the cyber ecosystem to drive collaboration across the NCCN.
• Providing oversight on the FCCU response to all CMA offenses across the 4Ps to ensure adherence to the target operating model.
• Ensuring force and regional performance responsibilities are adhered to and agency and partner management information system (APMIS) and national fraud intelligence bureau (NFIB) returns are quality assured and submitted in a timely manner to understand performance and manage risk to the network.
• Analysing and evaluating regional FCCU performance across the 4Ps, highlighting good or unsatisfactory performance and suggesting ways of improving to understand performance and manage and mitigate risk to the network. 
• Providing specialist advice and support to staff engaged across the 4Ps when required and escalating to regional teams when necessary to protect the public, mitigate the risk of offenders’ ability to commit crime and bring offenders to justice. 
• Ensuring intelligence is gathered, developed, deconflicted and disseminated appropriately to protect the public, mitigate the risk of offenders’ ability to commit crime and bring offenders to justice. 
• Providing quality assurance on force-led investigations to ensure a high quality of service to the public and that appropriate learning is disseminated.
• Capturing lessons learned, identifying and promoting best practice within FCCUs and to the wider network to ensure a high quality of service to the public and appropriate learning is disseminated.
• Reviewing and reporting on force expenditure within the region, to ensure the efficient use of available budgets and maximise value for money 
• Coordinating and administering regional training requirements and providing oversight on attendance to ensure staff have the skillsets to deliver required outcomes.
• Providing the NPCC cybercrime team with timely performance, budget, resource and asset data when required to provide assurance at the national level.
• Acting as the regional conduit for all requests for support from other law enforcement agencies, including the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU), to protect the public, mitigate the risk of offending and bring offenders to justice.