The Police Digital Service has seemingly streamlined and revamped its senior leadership team, more than a year after two of its staff were arrested for suspected misconduct in public office
The Police Digital Service has seemingly streamlined and revamped its senior leadership team, more than a year after two of its staff were arrested for suspected misconduct in public office
The Police Digital Service (PDS) has completed a “strategic restructuring” of its senior leadership team, more than a year after two of its employees were arrested for suspected bribery, fraud and misconduct in a public office.
The two PDS employees were arrested, interviewed and bailed by City of London Police in July 2024, and since then, the organisation’s senior leadership team has undergone a complete revamp.
Within two weeks of the news of the arrests breaking, Computer Weekly confirmed that PDS chief executive Ian Bell had resigned from his post, before later being replaced by interim CEO Tony Eastaugh in August 2024.
According to the PDS website, Eastaugh’s appointment has now been made permanent, and the senior leadership team appears to have been streamlined, with fewer roles now listed, and is now staffed with interim leaders. They include Ed Preece, who served as PDS’s director of governance and performance between September and February 2025, before taking on the role of interim chief operating officer.
