Computerized Crime Tracking Information System

ABSTRACT: This project work investigate Computerized Crime Tracking Information System of the existing criminal records of the Nigeria police. The essence was to produce durable criminal records and avoidable lost of criminal records. Structural database management system (DBMS) was used  in  its  development  in  other  to  eliminate  redundancy  in  the compilation, its friendliness in responding to the user exhibits and also its  reliability  and  efficiency  in  tracking  down  criminals.  Another important feature of this system was that it provides user with the facilities  for  having  the  hard  copies  or  print  out  of  any  relevant document as well as the facilities to communication with the system. 

 

 

 

Tracking is the observing of persons or objects on the move and supplying a timely ordered sequence of respective location data to a model e.g. capable to serve for depicting the motion on a display capability.  The  traditional  and  age-old  system  of  intelligence  and criminal record maintenance has failed to live up to the requirements of the existing crime scenario. Manual processes neither provide accurate, reliable and comprehensive data round the clock nor does it help in trend prediction and decision support.

 

 

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

 

1.1     Background of the Study

Man by nature is social, gregarious and cannot live in isolation. To maintain peace and harmony in the society, man has to fashion out conduct and some laws  to  govern  the  conduct  of  members  of  the  society.  When  people appreciate  these  codes  of  conduct  and  laws,  protection  of  lives  and properties are guaranteed.

Generally tracking is the observing of persons or objects on the move and supplying a timely ordered sequence of respective location data to a model e.g. capable to serve for depicting the motion on a display capability. The  traditional  and  age-old  system of  intelligence  and  criminal  record maintenance has failed to live up to the requirements of the existing crime scenario.   

 

Manual  processes  neither  provide  accurate,  reliable  and comprehensive data round the clock nor does it help in trend prediction and decision  support.  It  also  results  in  lower  productivity  and  ineffective utilization of manpower. The solution to this ever-increasing problem lies in the effective use of Information Technology. Crime Tracking Information System uses computer-generated records as an interface for integrating and accessing massive amounts of location-based information.

 

Crime  tracking  system  allows  police  personnel  to  plan  effectively  for emergency  response,  determine  mitigation  priorities,  analyses  historical events, and predict future events. Crime tracking system helps identify potential suspects to increase investigators suspect base when no leads are evident.  The  ability  to  access  and  process  information  quickly  while displaying it in a spatial and visual medium allows agencies to allocate resources quickly and more effectively.

 

 In the mission-critical‘ nature of law  enforcement,  information  about  the  location  of  a  crime,  incident, suspect, or victim is often crucial to determine the manner and size of the response.  Crime  tracking  software  helps  co-ordinate  vast  amounts  of location-based data from multiple sources. It enables the user to layer the data and view the data most critical to the particular issue or mission.

It is used world over by police departments, both large and small, to provide solutions for crime analysis, criminal tracking, traffic safety, community policing, Intranet/Internet mapping, and numerous other tasks. Crime tracking system helps crime officers determine potential crime sites by examining complex seemingly unrelated criteria and displaying them all in an interface. It also helps them map inmate populations, fixtures, and equipment to provide for the safety of inmates by separating gang members, identifying  high-risk  or  potentially  violent  inmates,  and  identifying hazardous locations in an area. It reduces the potential for internal violence by providing better command and control. 

Traditionally, these activities have been supported by paper and pen. Police officers now have the ability to immediately generate crime report directly relevant to the situation at hand. Police agencies collect vast amounts of data from many sources including  called-for-services, arrests,  first  information  reports  and  daily report. The same information provides a powerful decision making tool for investigators, supervisors, and administrators. 

 

1.2     Statement of Problem

The Nigerian Police, which is used as a case study, has an existing criminal Tracking System, but this system is not automated. The documentation of criminal records is done on paper and pen. The storage of these criminal records is not something to write home about. 

 

Case files are dumped in heaps while some are kept on shelves. With the moldy nature of the state such important documents quickly get dusty and because of lack of proper storage, some criminal documents are seriously damaged by rats that feed on them. With this kind of situation, it becomes highly difficult if not impossible to track down known criminal, access past criminal history of a suspect and know the status of some concluded cases.