Elastic Data Mesh provides the foundational data layer that transforms how police forces, law enforcement, defence and intelligence across the UK access and consume operational data. By establishing data-as-a-service infrastructure built on Elasticsearch, forces and agencies create a reusable data foundation accessible through standardised APIs - enabling any current or future application to consume exactly the data it needs, when it needs it, where it needs it, without costly integration projects.

This API-first data layer approach means law enforcement no longer builds bespoke solutions, with considerable data engineering effort, for each new requirement. Instead, they establish once a distributed data mesh that makes all operational data available as consumable services - supporting everything from real-time investigations to predictive analytics to cross-force collaboration through whatever application interface best suits each use case.