Twin systems launched to improve police working

Tribune News Service

Shimla, March 19

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur launched two systems — Police Station Visitor Survey System and e-Night Beat Checking System — for Himachal Pradesh Police here today.

Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said both these systems would go a long way in improving the functioning of the Police Department as police personnel would be able to get proper feedback regarding their working and take necessary steps for improving their functioning.

He said that Police Station Visitor Survey System will be linked with http://bit.ly/HPPolice and would be used for the surveillance of visitors visiting the police stations, police posts and all other police units and would help in creating a database of visitors.

All the visitors, complainants visiting the police stations, police posts or traffic units would be requested to fill the survey link. The link would be shared by the police with the public through social and print media, jan manch meetings, Nasha Nivaran Samiti meetings, community policing meetings, etc, he added.

Thakur said the Survey System would capture the information like district and its corresponding police stations and officer met by the complainant in the police station, date and time of visit, purpose of visit, time spent in the police station or post etc. He said the system would also get information regarding behaviour of the police with the complainant. The complainant can also give his name and contact number and it would be ensured that his identity would be kept secret, he said.

A mechanism has also been included to trace the identity of persons filling fake feedback. All the SPs of the district, range headquarters and police headquarters would monitor the feedback being given by the public. He said the feedback received would help the police in improving working and deliver better services to the citizens of Himachal Pradesh.

Thakur also launched Night Beat Checking system for the Police Department which would be linked with http://bit.ly/eNight. He said that e-Night Checking system would be a password protected online website link which would be available with all the policemen on duty. He said that this would help the state police to keep a track of the suspected vehicles and criminals who move in the night.

The system would help the police maintain a database of all such suspects and this data will further help the police in its criminal investigation and corroborating with the footage of the CCTVs installed by the Police Department in the state.

He said the system would also have a provision in which police will also be able to capture the photo of the suspects, photo of the identity cards/vehicle documents and upload in the database online. He said that the main feature of the System was that it would automatically capture the date, time and GPS location of the policeman on beat patrolling, night checking duty and thus would help in ensuring increased presence of police on the roads for better safety of the citizens.

Director General of Police S R Mardi said that the systems were developed by SP Baddi Rohit Malpani. He said that both these systems would help the Police Department in doing self-evaluation and improve working of police.