The National Police Bureau (NPB) has set up digitalised Data Centres at the police stations of four provincial headquarters; Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta, under the police station automation programme, part of a pilot project that has been started to automate 39 offices of high ranking officers, including 16 police stations.
"Police stations automation project costing Rs 1.4 billion would be completed by June this year and entire police system would be linked through computer to save all criminal record", sources in NPB told Business Recorder here on Wednesday.
Furthermore, sources said that establishment of Data Centers at provincial headquarters was part of the project to monitor the performance of the police force. Computerisation of record of police stations, especially, the FIR (First Information Report) portion is one of the top priorities of the NPB.
In this regard record of 1,350 police stations and hundreds of other police offices would be carried out and would subsequently be linked to senior management offices all over the country, they said, adding that this will not only ensure transparency but also ensure foolproof accountability of the investigating officers.
Besides this the project would provide a quick communication system to police force, as entire official correspondence at all levels would be taken place through e-mails, they said.
However, they said that purchase of all the equipment, including computers, their accessories, furniture along with creation of proper space have been completed to implement project in time. Sources said that successful completion of the project would help keep check on people having criminal record for maintaining law and order. People's problems will also be quickly resolved, they said.
After the successful completion of pilot project, other cities will also be provided with equipment needed. The project will be a step forward towards e-governance and provide guidance for automation of other departments, the sources said.