Curbing crime: Capital police go high-tech
Mobile database to provide personal, vehicular details in real-time.
Mobile database to provide personal, vehicular details in real-time. PHOTO: REUTERS
ISLAMABAD:
The capital’s police personnel will be using a mobile verification system to nab stolen vehicles and catch suspects.
The policemen on patrol or deployed at pickets have been given access to a database which includes information on vehicle registration, stolen vehicles and criminal records of proclaimed offenders, court absconders, military deserters and convicted persons, according to the police.
Police officials are expected to use the database to check particulars of vehicles and people in real-time, informed a police official.
The database will be accessed using dedicated GSM SIMs on a mobile device. The police will have to enter the CNIC number of a person or the registration and chassis numbers of a vehicle to get the person’s criminal record and detailed information of the car, according to the police.
The car information displayed will include registration number, make, model, color, chassis number, engine number, name of the person in whose name the vehicle is registered, and a CNIC number. The search on the database will also generate a response about the status of the vehicle as stolen or otherwise.
In order to ensure security, an automatic result of every vehicular and person search will be logged at a central server where a senior officer can supervise the searches.
The database will be updated regularly with systematic updates, said an official.
Islamabad Inspector General of Police Sikandar Hayat said with the introduction of modern technology, the police force will be able to make well-informed decisions in real-time when it comes to curbing crimes and car theft.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 27th, 2013.
The capital’s police personnel will be using a mobile verification system to nab stolen vehicles and catch suspects.
The policemen on patrol or deployed at pickets have been given access to a database which includes information on vehicle registration, stolen vehicles and criminal records of proclaimed offenders, court absconders, military deserters and convicted persons, according to the police.
Police officials are expected to use the database to check particulars of vehicles and people in real-time, informed a police official.
The database will be accessed using dedicated GSM SIMs on a mobile device. The police will have to enter the CNIC number of a person or the registration and chassis numbers of a vehicle to get the person’s criminal record and detailed information of the car, according to the police.
The car information displayed will include registration number, make, model, color, chassis number, engine number, name of the person in whose name the vehicle is registered, and a CNIC number. The search on the database will also generate a response about the status of the vehicle as stolen or otherwise.
In order to ensure security, an automatic result of every vehicular and person search will be logged at a central server where a senior officer can supervise the searches.
The database will be updated regularly with systematic updates, said an official.
Islamabad Inspector General of Police Sikandar Hayat said with the introduction of modern technology, the police force will be able to make well-informed decisions in real-time when it comes to curbing crimes and car theft.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 27th, 2013.