Himachal Pradesh best among hill states in executing crime tracking system

Tribune News Service

Shimla, December 16

Himachal Pradesh has bagged the top position among hilly states in the implementation of Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS). The award was announced at the Conference on Good Practices in Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) and Interoperable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) held virtually at the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), New Delhi, recently.

The agenda of the conference was the use of the CCTNS and ICJS in prevention, investigation and tracking of crimes, good practices being adopted by the states/UTs in the implementation of the CCTNS and ICJS project, development of mobile phone apps for police and citizens and capacity building.

The award for the best performing state amongst 10 hilly states was presented to Himachal Pradesh virtually through DGP Sanjay Kundu, and Nodal Officer, CCTNS Himachal, Atul Fulzele.

HP has been given the national award for the second year in succession. There are 22 parameters criteria such as hardware and software deployment, network connectivity, data migration, and capacity building.

Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar and Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur have congratulated the Himachal Pradesh Police for the spectacular performance in CCTNS. This would boost the confidence of the force in using technology in day-to-day policing, said Kundu.

Himachal was the first state in the country to prepare a customised system as per the requirements of the state, adding new modules such as the registration of migrant labours, emergency response of control rooms. The pilot project was launched in February 2015 in five police stations of Shimla.

Under the CCTNS project, 177 sites comprising 144 police stations, 13 district headquarters, 26 subdivision police offices, three range office, one zone, State Crime Record Bureau, police headquarters, State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau, CID Crime branch, 14 control rooms, Finger Print Bureau, Forensic Science Laboratory, and 16 CCTNS training centres, including state data centre and data recovery centre, are being covered in the state.