Odisha police to do away with manual registers at police stations

Bhubaneswar: Maintenance of manual registers including entry of station diaries will be done online in various police stations in Odisha from January, 2018, informed DGP RP Sharma on Friday.

After reviewing the status of Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) project, Sharma informed that at present 490 police stations are already equipped with necessary hardware and software for successful implementation.

Earlier, desktop computers were used by station in-charge and other officials to maintain registers. Under the project, efforts are on to ensure a seamless data flow through which officers can use the system through their smart phones, laptops on the go.

“Nearly six to seven manual registers at police station levels will be abolished from January 1, 2018 and all the records will be maintained online to avoid duplicity of works,” said Sharma.

Sharma further informed that at present 13 citizen centric services are being provided through the Odisha Police Citizens Portal and very soon a mobile application to make services available at finger tips will be launched.

Under the CCTNS projects, Odisha police is soon going to shift to internet from infranet particularly in those areas where connectivity is a problem.

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“The main advantage of CCTNS is that FIR registrations will be done in prescribed forms while date and time of registration can be tracked online. Through the use of technology, we hope that working of police stations will become more transparent and efficient,” Sharma added.

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