Going ahead with plan to facilitate general public in filing complaints, Himachal Police on Wednesday became the first state in India to connect Police Posts with Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS).
In the first phase, which started with Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh linking Sanjauli Police Post in Shimla with CCTNS today, around 50 Police Posts in the state would be connected with the network.
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The Police posts of Manikaran in Kullu district, Solan City police station and Dada Siba in the Kangra district have also been simultaneously linked to CCTNS.
“With the linkage of Police Posts with CCTNS, the general public can now file complaints at these posts as earlier only Police Stations are authorised to register complaints,” Superintendent of Police, Crime, Ashok Sharma told The Statesman.
He said that after the linkage with CCTNS, people would be able to lodge online/offline complaints, police verification of job, tenants/character verification and migrant labourer registration etc through police post.
“It was the brainchild of Himachal Police to connect Police Posts with CCTNS and the idea was mooted by Director General of Police, HP, Sanjay Kumar,” Sharma said, adding the model for extension of Police Stations for filing complaints was developed on the basis of the idea.
The Director General of Police, HP, Sanjay Kumar said that it was a Mission Mode Project under the National e-governance plan which had been visualised with key objectives of reaching out to the public in a quicker and transparent manner. “This would also enhance the working capabilities of the police department besides improving the law and order,” he said.
“Once, the Police posts are linked with CCTNS software, its daily Roznamcha/Diary can be viewed online by a supervisory officer of the police department making it easy to supervise the staff, said a senior police officer of the department,” he said.
After starting the linkage with CCTNS, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said now the people in far flung areas of the state and specially the old aged, physically disabled, women folks can lodge First Information Reports (FIR) through the nearest police posts also.
“In future, all the police posts in Himachal Pradesh would be linked with CCTNS,” he added.
