A pilot project for this was launched at Dabhoda police station in Gandhinagar district on Friday. Secretary (Science and Technology) Raj Kumar, Deputy Superintendent of Police Piyush Patel and officials from the Home Department were present to see the trial run of the system.
The software for HD-IITS system has been designed and prepared by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). After the trial run at Dabhoda, the government intends to introduce it in a phased-manner in all police stations across Gujarat.
Raj Kumar said: “The HD-IITS project is the first of its kind in the country, under which all administrative and law and order related work at police stations will be done online. The DGP, DSP, DIG (Range) and even senior Home Department officials will have an easy access to all relevant data of police stations concerned, sitting in their respective offices, which will help them directly monitor the staff in the stations.”
Under the HD-IITS system, all police stations will send their digitized data to the central server at the State Data Centre set up in Gandhinagar, which senior police officers will access and analyse on their PCs. The system will thus help them closely monitor the functioning of the police stations in their respective areas all the time.
DSP Piyush Patel said: “All the 10 police stations in Gandhinagar district have been computerised. Once the HD-IITS project becomes fully operational, I will be able to effectively monitor and assess the work of my subordinates at each police station. For instance, I can easily track the status of investigation in a particular case.”
After his Friday visit to Dabhoda, Raj Kumar told Newsline, that the system, once in place at all the police stations, will not only help keep tab on what goes on in the police stations at the click of the mouse, but also provide information to people on the real time status of their complaints sent to police stations, online.
The official said this would also mean that the common man will be able to file online complaints related to petty incidents like drunken behaviour, eve-teasing or traffic violation. However, it is still too early to say if people will be able to file their First Information Reports (FIRs) with the police stations, online.
“Unless we have a unique identification system in place, it is not possible to legally file FIRs online under this computerised system,” he said.
Secretary (Home) T S Bisht said this e-governance project, when implemented fully, would greatly help reduce manual work at police stations.
At present, if a police station needs a list of some suspects, it has to send a file on this to the Modus Operandi Bureau (MOB) at the State Crime Records Bureau in Gandhinagar. It usually takes 15-25 days for the MOB to respond to the file.
“Once the new online system is in place, police stations in any part of the state can have the names of suspects from the
MOB by just clicking the mouse,” Bisht added.
Efficient policing?
- The software for the system has been designed by Tata Consultancy Services
- Senior police officers can monitor functioning of police stations in their areas all the time
- Senior Home Department officials will have easy access to data of police stations
- People can see online the real time status of their complaints sent to police stations
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Bashir Pathan
Quelle/Source: expressindia, 24.05.2009
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