It will take another 10 years to ready the Common Police Application (CPA), a centralised information system to link police units nationwide, revealed cyber cell in-charge Sanjay Tungare to MiD DAY.
It will take another 10 years to ready the Common Police Application (CPA), a centralised information system to link police units nationwide, revealed cyber cell in-charge Sanjay Tungare to MiD DAY. The ambitious project, also known as the Crime and Criminal Information System (CCIS), started in 1998 but is progressing at a snail's pace.
Centralised database
The system will have a centralised database of criminals and crime records that can be accessed by police officers from any part of the country. This is vital for cyber law enforcement officials as often cyber criminals in one part of the country commit crimes in another part of the country. According to an expert, "A person sitting in Jammu may be able to hack into a government website in Pune."
So when an officer in Pune needs any information about the criminal, all he will have to do is access the database, instead of going through the long-winded procedure of contacting an officer in Jammu. "This is where a central pool of criminals and crime records can help," said the expert. Agreeing to this, Tungare said, "The centralised system will be of great help, but it will take a long time to materialise."
According to another cyber expert, who did not wish to be named, the systems designed in 1998 are now outdated. The source added, "The CPA has to be upgraded as soon as possible because criminals are far ahead of us in technology."
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