The Police Digital Service completed a strategic restructuring of its senior leadership team more than a year after two employees were arrested for suspected bribery, fraud and misconduct in a public office. The employees were arrested, interviewed and bailed by City of London Police in July 2024. Chief executive Ian Bell resigned within two weeks and was replaced by interim CEO Tony Eastaugh in August 2024, whose appointment has since been made permanent. Several senior roles were streamlined and filled with interim leaders, including interim chief operating officer, interim CISO, interim CFO, interim deputy CEO and interim chief people officer. PDS said the appointments aim to support digital transformation of UK policing.
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.
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.
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