SAS Law Enforcement Intelligence for UK policing
Butterfly Data implements SAS Law Enforcement Intelligence (LEI) to help UK police forces turn fragmented case data into fast, defensible investigative decisions. Using SAS Visual Investigator and Analytics on SAS Viya, we configure entity resolution, federated search and automated risk scoring for forces that need to move from a billion data points to a point of view - without moving accountability away from the officers who own it.
What is SAS Law Enforcement Intelligence?
SAS Law Enforcement Intelligence is a suite of SAS Viya-based tools - including Visual Investigator, Mobile Investigator, Anchor and Visual Text Analytics - that resolve, search and analyse complex policing data from multiple source systems. It gives investigators a single view of suspects, vehicles, addresses and case histories across previously siloed databases, and applies AI-based risk scoring to flag high-risk events for immediate action. Butterfly Data is a SAS Gold Partner and implements LEI for UK forces, available through various procurement routes including G-Cloud 15, Lot 3.
Investigators are under growing pressure to use the volume of data now available to policing, but a lot of forces are working against it rather than with it:
- Analysts rekey the same data across multiple systems that don't talk to each other.
- Intelligence sits in unstructured witness statements, digital forensics and case notes that take hours to read manually.
- Cross-agency and cross-jurisdiction collaboration is slowed by siloed records management systems.
- Frontline officers lack secure, real-time access to intelligence and risk alerts when they are away from the station.
The result is stalled investigations, inconsistent risk decisions, and analyst time spent on data wrangling instead of analysis.
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How SAS LEI addresses common policing problems
Each of the below capabilities targets a specific point of friction - from rekeyed data and siloed systems to slow, inconsistent risk decisions. When combined, they give investigators a single, searchable view of case data and give command teams the automation and oversight to act on it faster.
Entity resolution and network analysis (SAS Visual Investigator)
This resolves the same suspect, vehicle or address across multiple systems and visualises hidden relationships in organised crime networks.
Mobile field intelligence (SAS Mobile Investigator)
This gives frontline officers secure, real-time access to submit intelligence reports and receive risk alerts without returning to the station.
Federated search (SAS Anchor)
This queries RMS, Command & Control and national databases from a single interface, without replicating data into a warehouse.
Unstructured text analytics (SAS Visual Text Analytics)
This applies NLP to witness statements and case notes to extract entities, sentiment and themes from "dark data."
Visual analytics and geospatial intelligence (SAS Visual Analytics)
This produces interactive dashboards and mapping that visualise crime hotspots and resourcing, supporting predictive, neighbourhood-level planning alongside broader investigative reporting.
Automated risk scoring (SAS Intelligent Decisioning)
This scores incoming intelligence against defined risk matrices, standardising how high-risk events (for example, domestic violence recency and frequency) trigger safeguarding alerts.
End-to-end case management (SAS Investigation Content Pack)
This configures auditable workflows from referral to prosecution file, aligned to CPIA disclosure requirements.
Data integration and quality (SAS/ACCESS, SAS/CONNECT, SAS Data Preparation)
This harmonises legacy and modern sources into the POLE (Person, Object, Location, Event) model, with rules-driven remediation aligned to MoPI standards.
See a SAS LEI dashboard in action
Trend charts and incident tables only tell half the story until you can filter, drill in and see where the patterns actually sit. This short clip shows the crime analysis view using SAS LEI - filtering by incident type, surfacing weekly trends, and mapping where and when crimes are happening.
Why Butterfly Data?
Butterfly Data is a SAS Gold Partner and an approved supplier under numerous public sector frameworks used by the policing sector. Our vetted consultants have direct experience delivering policing data projects, including synthetic data solutions for sensitive operational datasets, and we deliver every engagement in line with UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act and Home Office data standards. We work as an extension of your team - from discovery through to configuration, knowledge transfer and long-term support - so your force builds internal capability rather than depending on us indefinitely.
Frequently asked questions about SAS LEI
We have answered some common questions relating to SAS Law Enforcement Intelligence to help you further understand its capabilities and use.
What is SAS Law Enforcement Intelligence used for?
SAS Law Enforcement Intelligence supports intelligence-led policing by resolving entities across siloed systems, applying automated risk scoring to incoming intelligence, and giving investigators a single, searchable view of case data. It's used across investigations, safeguarding, case management and resource planning.
Is SAS Law Enforcement Intelligence GDPR compliant?
Yes. Implementations are delivered in line with UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act, and Home Office standards including MoPI, with automated document weeding and access controls built into the workflow.
Can SAS LEI integrate with our existing records management system?
Yes. SAS Anchor provides federated search across RMS, Command & Control and national databases without requiring data replication, and SAS/ACCESS and SAS/CONNECT integrate legacy sources such as Oracle, SQL Server and Hadoop into the POLE data model.
How is SAS Law Enforcement Intelligence deployed?
It runs on SAS Viya, which Butterfly Data can deploy in the cloud, on-premises, or in a hybrid configuration on Kubernetes, scaling elastically during major incidents while meeting police security and data sovereignty requirements.
Who controls the risk-scoring rules used in automated decisioning?
Investigators remain central to every decision. Risk-scoring rules are created, controlled and managed by the police force itself, not set by SAS or Butterfly Data - the platform standardises and speeds up decisions, it doesn't replace them.
Ready to transform your data?
Book your free discovery call and find out how SAS Law Enforcement Intelligence could help your force uncover untapped potential in the data you already hold.
