180 incidents reported to police via app in first three months

Tuesday, 20 January 2026 09:00

Around 180 incidents have been reported and 1,465 pieces of evidence submitted by islanders using a new app helping police officers with their investigations.

Kulpa is being tested in Jersey for 12 months to see how islanders and officers can use it to combat crime.

The app, designed by Jersey-based tech company Kulpa Platforms Ltd., is a secure platform for victims of crime to upload digital evidence of an offence.

This includes anything that the victim believes is relevant, such as pictures, videos, CCTV footage, screenshots, and chat logs.

Police officers working on the case can then directly download the evidence.

Detective Chief Inspector Mark Hafey says it is going 'really well' so far and has exceeded his expectations.

"We've had (evidence of) harassment, we've had assaults, we've had break and entries, we've had CCTV where there's been some sort of disorder in a pub, we've had people stealing push bikes, we've had people parking badly on yellow line...it's a broad gambit of evidence that we've had come through."

Jersey-based entrepreneur Simon Franc (left), DCI Mark Hafey (centre), Digital Jersey CEO Tony Moretta (right). Credit: States of Jersey Police

Kulpa also allows victims to keep their phones during investigations, as there is no need to seize them and physically download any materials that are on the device.

In the 18 months to September 2025, the States of Jersey Police had seized more than 1,000 devices in cases related to violence against women and girls.

DCI Hafey says devices can now hold up to one terabyte of data, which is the equivalent of 1,300 filing cabinets of printed text, and that Kulpa offers a way to streamline evidence handling while protecting privacy, so the app lends itself well to domestic abuse cases.

"If we have a victim of domestic abuse, that individual is able to store information, store evidence, on their phone in a way that can't be seen by another.

"They are able to share that with us when they are ready to do so, which is really, really important.

"That will allow us to then get that evidence, make an assessment on it and decide the best way forward."