Wynyard Group will deliver a specialist configuration of its technology already in use by New Zealand Police to support the country’s first sex offender register, the Child Protection Offender Register (CPOR).
The register, a crossagency initiative to keep communities safe, will be managed by New Zealand Police.
The CPOR will enable agencies to gather and continually update the personal information of convicted sex offenders, which can then be assessed and analysed to determine if reoffending is likely to take place.
Wynyard managing director Craig Richardson says the New Zealand CPOR technology model, designed in partnership with Police, will be highly advanced and will lead the way in the protection of vulnerable children.
“The New Zealand Police are renowned globally for breaking new ground in the prevention of crime, and frontline use of technology. They have carefully studied models and experiences in other countries and adopted a worldleading technology model for the Child Protection Offender Register in New Zealand,” he says.
The Child Protection Offender Register is expected to be fully operational by 2016, once enabling legislation is passed.
Wynyard previously disclosed the value of Wynyard CPOR software licences and services at $2.5 million in a notice to the NZX on July 2.