i-App cloud is now helping the police access the entire information of crimes

 andhrapradesh | Written by : Suryaa Desk Updated: Wed, Jun 20, 2018, 03:41 PM

The Andhra Pradesh police, who lead in using crime data analytics and big data applications, have now become the first in the country to complete automation of the State Crime Records Bureau (SCRB).

The IT-based web/mobile application is a revolution in data collection as it saves hundreds of man hours for SCRB personnel who till now have been collecting offline data from District Crime Records Bureau (DCRB) and manually compiling them while preparing monthly statements.i-App cloud is now helping the police access the entire information of crimes under various IPC sections.The information is available at the touch of a button on mobile phones and computers helping the police to analyse trends in crime and take necessary action.

For instance, i-App is now providing comparative analytics of gender violence, bodily offences and property offences in each unit, range, region and State using data charts.“We began using i-App, a web-based application developed for tabs, mobile phones in 2016. Senior police officers have now a tool by which they can easily understand the crime patterns in each unit, compare the trends and take necessary action,” Additional Director-General of Police, AP-CID, P.V Sunil Kumar, told The Hindu on Tuesday.

The iApp cloud application can collect, store, process and retrieve data and generate reports every month. It can provide a seamless interface with the crime data flowing from the districts. The data is further integrated into the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) data banks. Data classified into 54 patterns of crime are analysed real time by senior officers.

For instance, the comparative analytics of crime in 2017 revealed that Vijayawada has less number of property offences in 2017 (2,129 cases) when compared to that of in 2016 (2,379 cases) being registered.East Godavari registered a 7.4% increase in road accidents (1,933) in 2017 when compared to 2016 (1,800), while Prakasam registered 17.9% increase in crimes against SC/STs (257).