Uttarakhand Police have now come up with a new mobile phone-based application to help people easily contact police when in danger.
At an initial stage, police intends to include matters related to theft and lost and found under the project and once things work out as planned, complaints related to crime against women and other serious offences could also be included in the app.
A senior police officer said that social media and the use of technology are crucial for policing in the 21st century. In step with today’s online world, Uttarakhand Police Mobile App is a step forward to bridge the gap between police force and citizens to check crimes and improve the overall State of traffic as well as to ease the stress of day- to- day commuting at various crossings in districts-Dehradun and Haridwar.
According to police, the app can be used to provide the police detailed information on the incidents of crime and the like and inform on the persons or materials that have gone missing or have been found.
A police official working on this project said that the Uttarakhand Police is mulling to launch Uttarakhand Police Mobile App soon in Dehradun and Haridwar districts to facilitate android- based cell phone users for instant uploading information. The police staffs have already been trained about APP and this project is operational on trial basis in the cyber cell at Haridwar and Dehradun. It would soon be launched soon in a full-fledged form, he said.
One can download Uttarakhand Police Mobile APP by clicking a feature play store on android cell phone. Six features have been given on Mobile APP as tenant intimation, domestic help/employee intimation, crime reporting, alert police, lost-found report and wanted criminal.
The App offers citizens a quick and discrete method for reporting crime related activity directly and instantaneously to police. Using this app, citizens can send pictures, text messages of crime- related issues and traffic- related activity, emergency and facing adverse situations which requires police attention. The application allows citizens to either post the information through messages or filling application to the Police. At present, this App is available for Android phones only.
Another police official associated this project said that to get verification of their tenant, android mobile phone holder can fill the application form by clicking the feature. The official concerned would send this message to police concerned and their concerns would be addressed. They would also get update of their concerns which will be fed from time to time by the police officer concerned. likewise, the verification of servant and employee can be done.
Besides, one can report complaint like eve-teasing, accident, public nuisance, traffic jam and criminal intelligence through crime report feature available in APP. likewise, they can report about loss and found through this APP. The names of the wanted criminals have been highlighted in AAP and one can inform the police about the same.
So far, 2500 persons have been registered in APP. 4941 tenants and 1036 servants have been verified by the police station concerned. Those reaching the police station are being told to use this AAP to register their reports over above-mentioned issues. Rohit, resident of Sahaspur, said he had approached the police official in a cell set up in SSP office and come to learn how to use this App.
Senior police officer would soon launch this in Haridwar and Dehradun, said a Cell official. After it is launched formally, residents of Dehradun and Haridwar will be able to file complaints with the police and provide their advice and information on criminal activities through Uttarakhand Police mobile application.