The document discusses the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network Systems (CCTNS) project in India. CCTNS aims to create a nationwide network that connects over 14,000 police stations and shares criminal records electronically. This will help track criminals more easily across states by linking biometric and case records. CCTNS is expected to benefit senior police officers by improving personnel management and access to crime statistics, investigating officers by enabling online information sharing and report filing, and citizens by allowing online complaint registration and case status tracking. While implementation is ongoing across states, pilot projects have launched the CCTNS system in some police stations.

1. Crime and Criminal Tracking
Network Systems (CCTNS)
Submitted by –
Rahul Singla
M.A. Public Administration ,
Sem. 4 ( Group – B) ,
Panjab University .

2. Index
1.Crime and Criminal Tracking Network
Systems(CCTNS)
2.What are the advantages of CCTNS?
1.Benefits to Senior police officers
2.Benefits to Investigating Officers
3.Benefits to Citizen
3.Future ahead: CCTNS
4.Current Progress of CCTNS

4. • Duplication of records.
• Criminals will just move from one state to another.
• Very hard to track Repeated Offenders.
• Each police station has lot of individual records and files =just gathering dust.
(plus very time consuming to search data in paper files)

5. • Project started in 2009. (In the wake of 26/11
attack.)
• This is a project under the National e-
Governance plan.
• It’ll set up infrastructure (computers, printer,
scanner, UPS, router etc) in each police station.
• It’ll connect each police station to a centralized
framework. (total about 14000 police stations in
country)
• Make biometric profile (fingerprints, blood
group, birthmarks etc) of convicts.
• Details of Arrested/ Missing/ Kidnapped.
• Online tracking of complaints etc.
• The core software is developed by Wipro.

6. What are the advantages of CCTNS?
 Easy to track convicts.
 Biometric records of convicts are taken so no confusion in
future. (e.g. if a criminal has done plastic surgery or got a
fake driving license/election card to create new identity to
settle in a different city/state.)
 CCTNS scheme is 100% centrally funded scheme so States
can’t make excuses.
 central data system is very useful for research on crime and
for framing policies related to certain crimes.

7. Benefits to Senior police officers
1. Efficient personnel /HR Management (e.g. salary, leave,
promotion, transfer, training schedules etc. of the lower
staff)
2. Effectively oversee the investigation.
3. They can quickly access the statistics regarding crime
detection, investigation and prevention.
4. They need such statistical data before
1. a press conference, or
2. replying to an R.T.I. or
3. for supplying information to home minister, for
questions asked in parliament/State legislative
assembly.

8. Benefits to Investigating Officers
 They can contact external agencies like Jails, Courts,
Transport, Passport, Foreigners Registration Offices / depts.,
etc., for relevant information.
 Right now they’ve to manually call people or write paper-
letters or send their staff to collect the information. For
example
1. Did xyz suspect was in jail during this xyz date or was he
out on parole?
2. Did Mr.X visit xyz country on xyz date?
3. Is this car belong to Mr.X and was it previously owned by
Mr.Y?
 They can file On-line reports to senior officers – reduction of
day to day paper work= now they can spent more time
and energy doing actual investigation.
 They can access On-line library containing checklist on
investigations, court judgments, police manuals etc. to
prepare a ‘full-proof’ charge sheet against the suspect.
 They can allot assignments, patrolling-schedules etc. to the
staff quickly.

9. Benefits to Citizen
 You can register complaints can online.
 You can track the progress on your FIRs online.
(Similar to Track your application in Passport Seva
Kendras).
 You can download various forms (police clearance
for domicile certificate etc.)
 You requests police to verify background for
servants, employment, tenants.
 senior citizen registrations can register themselves
(so policeman will visit your home once in a while to
see everything is ok)
 Motor Vehicle Tracking System,
• List of missing persons, unidentified persons & dead
bodies. So you don’t have to go from pillar to post to
get such information

10. Future ahead
 Centralized IT enabled Police Passport
Verification means Faster verifications.
 Summons and Warrants can be
approved online. In districts and remote
villages, it takes a lot of time to reach
court and get a warrant.
 In case of Inter-state crimes, faster and
improved coordination among police
stations.

11. Current Progress
 All the States/UTs have started
incorporating the system.
 Pilot schemes have been launched at
various police stations in the country
from Jan 2013.
 These pilot schemes mean that those
police stations will be using the CCTNS
for all their police work.