Littoralis is the latest company to join Secured by Design (SBD) with their product, Disc, an online information-sharing platform designed to help communities combat low-level crime and anti-social behaviour.
“Disc Against Crime” is crime reduction platform and app used by BIDs (Business Improvement Districts) and BCRPs (Business Crime Reduction Partnerships) – partnerships made up of businesses, retailers, licensees, police, security companies, shopping centres and rural schemes.
Disc is said to enable these communities to share real-time details of incidents and known offenders, identify potential criminals and alert local establishments to help them quickly respond to any safety threats.
The platform reportedly builds on the ethos of a “Neighbourhood Watch” scheme but scales it to a town, city-wide or force-wide level, enabling large communities to look out for each other with immediate, easily accessible and shareable information via a smartphone app or web portal.
According to SBD, Littoralis (the business and software development company behind the platform) designed it to be a tool to empower communities to stay informed about crime and potential offenders whilst also raising awareness of crime prevention and ways to protect staff, customers and property.
Based in Brighton, Littoralis has over 30 years of experience developing software platforms such as online publishing systems, secure intranets and secure document management solutions.
Littoralis has reported that Disc is their flagship product, used in more than 500 towns and cities across the UK.
Clients are said to include Manchester’s BCRP who use Disc as a core tool for city-centre crime prevention; Norwich’s ALERT business-crime network supported by Norfolk Constabulary; and BID Camborne which supports over 310 member businesses in the town to help tackle issues such as anti-social behaviour and persistent offending.
Steve Lang, Managing Director of Disc said: “Achieving Secured by Design status is an important milestone for Disc.
“It reinforces our commitment to helping communities reduce crime through secure, trusted and police-recognised tools.
“We’re proud to be part of an initiative that puts safety and prevention at the heart of innovation.”
