Online database of regular offenders, comprising photo, address and fingerprints, will be maintained, shared
Online database of regular offenders, comprising photo, address and fingerprints, will be maintained, shared
When crime goes high-tech, so must the crime-fighting. In light of the rising number of local criminals creating havoc in the satellite township, the Noida police have decided to maintain a database of all suspicious miscreants.
The data will comprise photo, address and fingerprints, among other details of those who have been convicted, detained or suspected of committing a crime. "Yes, we are in the process of building a preventive data bank so that finding criminals becomes easier and quicker, and police centres can share their leads and help others with them, too. This is being done for the first time in Noida. We are sure once the data is ready, nabbing criminals would not be that difficult," said Noida SP Anant Dev.
The data will be made available online to SHOs of various police stations via specially-developed software. The cops have been asked to get in touch with the online department, whenever they catch any suspect, so that their data can be uploaded or updated.
"At present, records of over three dozen miscreants have been updated. Subsequently, this data will be available for use by the police of Greater Noida, other neighbouring rural districts and more towns in UP," said Dev.
Some police officials, however, are not very sure that maintaining such record would be helpful, especially when the city is connected with the state Capital. "The offenders often commit crime and move on to neighbouring areas. Even if we have the information, at times it gets difficult to go and nab them in a different state," said a senior police official on the condition of anonymity.
Residents, on the other hand, are quite kicked about the new-age security network. "It sounds like a great move. This will make sure regular offenders are easily nabbed. I wish it gets implemented soon enough," said Syrah Khan (25), a lawyer who has been living in Sector 34 since 2000, and has witnessed three robberies in her neighbourhood ever since.
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