– systems in place to reduce instances of inaccurate data entry
The Integrated Crime Information System (ICIS), commonly called the Crime Observatory, was designed to enable policymakers and law enforcement agencies to identify crime trends, examine their causes, and devise objective solutions to combat them. Since its launch in March at the Police Headquarters, Eve Leary, the programme has already intercepted an individual from the ‘B’ Division who was wanted for a particular offence.
Detective Corporal of ‘A’ Division explained that data are now being electronically entered into the system on a daily basis, as opposed to the manual process that previously existed.
The process is being conducted by special data entry clerks at all the stations, and plans are in place to expand the process by ensuring that each rank associated with the joint services becomes familiar with the operations of the system.
Additionally, steps will be taken to introduce the programme to the Felix Austin Police College to educate recruits of its technicalities.
Superintendent of Police, Lyndon Alves, pointed out that a rank from a particular station cannot go to another station and access information unless he has been granted a transfer. This, he said, is because each station has its own access code and each rank has a different user code.
He explained that this measure reduces the risk of having inaccurate data being entered into the system and data tampering.
Apart for every police station in the country, the programme is also operational at immigration ports.
This system is an important part of the institutional strengthening component of the programme. Moreover, comprehensive ICIS is one of the strategies being used in modern democracies to confront crime in a methodical and analytical manner. (GINA)