Software to help police track crime, criminals SANJOY RAY GUWAHATI, Oct 25 Three young engineers from Assam have developed something that can give a much-needed fresh look to the crime and criminal record system of Assam Police. Interestingly, the technology is on offer free-of-cost.
A software, tagged as Fastrack- An FIR Management Information System, which not only will make registering of FIR a comparatively hassle-free job, but would make access to past record just a click away.
Nilotpal Dev Sarmah and Arnav Bora, both pass-out of the SRM University, Chennai, along with Bijoy Kalpa Hazarika, NIT, have designed the software taking Geetanagar police station as the model police station.
This comes at a time when the Assam Police department or for that matter even a common man, continue to await any benefits of ambitious programmes like the Common Integrated Police Application (CIPA) in the State, which promised to change the traditional methods of keeping track on crime and criminals.
The format is designed in such a manner that it apart from ensuring easy access to past records and status of any particular case or person would also ensure speedy verification of any person as and when required, said Bijoy Kalpa Hazarika, one of the developers of the software while talking to The Assam Tribune.
Statistical analysis or case studies too would become much easier with the use of this technology, he pointed out, adding that the group would not charge anything if the project is endorsed by the department concerned.
The software is developed in such a manner that it can be used by a person with even the basic knowledge about computer. However, to avoid any unauthorized access, we have kept the provision of encrypted password, Arnav Bora stated.
Arnav went onto state that with the number of criminal cases increasing at a rapid pace, the software would go along way in relieving policemen from day-to-day paper work and concentrate on other important areas.
Nilotpal Dev Sarmah reiterated that the software could be used without incurring much cost.
One just needs to have a computer and upload the database from the files to the computer information. We are pretty sure that once this is implemented, policing in our State would become much more effective, Nilotpal added.
All three of us are presently working with various reputed IT firms. We do not want anything in return but hope that this would help in minimizing the problems faced by the policemen, which in return would ensure a healthy environment, Nilotpal stressed.
The trio would now make a demo of the software before some of the senior police officials.
