Karnataka contemplating national police IT centre

State leading in CCTNS project

PTI | April 7, 2010



Karnataka Government is considering establishment of a National Police IT Centre for capacity building in police force to undertake research and development in the field of IT applications in policing, Home Minister V S Acharya said.

The Union Government has indicated that Bangalore could host the centre. It is a very prestigeous project for the state," Acharya said, adding it was mooted during the Chief Ministers' conference held during February 2010.

Inaugurating the Police IT software application here, he asked the Police Department to prepare a detailed proposal on the matter and send it to the Union Government.

He said Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa had promised to allot land for the centre. Once set up, Karnataka through the centre would become harbinger of technology and assist police force of other states in implementing IT technologies.

Earlier, Acharya also unveiled modules of software application for motor transport, wireless and armed reserve of Police IT, which is a part of Union Government?s Crime Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) project that aims to connect 14,000 police stations and 6,000 higher police offices across the country.

Karnataka, recognised as the lead state for CCTNS project, has been permitted to implement its own software Police IT, and the software is being developed in association with Wipro.

While three modules were inaugurated today, the modules for forensic science laboratory, foreigners' registration of the law and order module are already functional.

Acharya said the phased implementation of all Police IT modules was likely to be completed by the end of 2010.

 
 

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