In a bid to curb street crime, Delhi Police has tied up with ISRO to get real-time analysis of crime in the National Capital. The force will use the satellite imagery to track and identify crime spots and then prepare a map for preventing crime incidents. The map will be used for fine-tuning policing and taking steps to prevent the crime from taking place. Delhi Police gets over 25,000 calls in a day of various nature at Police Control Room (PCR).
Brainchild of Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi, the new system will help the force in the real time analysis and the response of its men and officers in the event of a crime taking place anywhere in the National Capital. “This technical upgradation is in sync with the Prime Minister’s concept of “Smart Policing”, said a senior Delhi Police official. Police forces in mega cities such as london and New York are using this technique to keep tab on the movement of the criminals and anti-social elements, the official added.
The new software possesses the ability of identifying ‘Crime Hotspots’ and can also predict a crime taking place in areas across the city. With the help of this, Delhi Police also intends to minimise fatalities on the roads as it can easily locate and identify accidentprone areas.
The critical response wing of the city police will be housed in the Central Command Unit of the Police Control Room (PCR). Special Commissioner of Police, Operations Sundari Nanda has been assigned with the task to make this ambitious project functional. Delhi Police has entered into a working arrangement with ISRO to generate real time data. The same will be used to analyse the crime and the pattern. Billed as “predictive policing” the system is an effective tool to fight and prevent crime, the official said.
“Preventing street crime has always been a big challenge as that directly impacts the people in the city. Men and officers posted in 11 police districts and, railway police, Delhi Metro and PCR are always on the move to prevent such crime from taking place. We can get the detailed mapping of crime spots and then deploy men and officers for arresting the trend", said the official.
The new software is also expected to help the police in recoding the calls made to the PCR. The software will not only store the calls made to PCR but will also provide real time analysis of the nature of crime. Out of the 25,000 odd calls that Delhi Police receives in a day, 25 per cent of calls demand action. Rest of the calls are made out of panic, the analysis has shown, the official added. As a matter of record, Delhi Police had received 84,41,300 calls in 2014 and the volume of the calls is expected to increase in the current year.
Delhi Police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat said the project is in the pilot stage and the technicalities are being worked out to use it efficiently. Real time policing is expected to get a boost with this programme being made operational, Bhagat added.