The Nigeria police force has gone digital. It used
to be analogue in the past, where officers across police formations work like their
colonial police masters. It is a welcome development and a plus for the police
and the country.
Mohammed
Abubakar, the
present inspector-general of police told the world last week Friday that with
the new magic machine called policebcmr, terrorists, kidnappers, paid
killers, armed robbers and other criminally minded persons are in trouble.
Abubakar dropped this hint through Frank Mba,
force police public relations officer, who summoned crime reporters from print,
electronic and online media to police officers mess in Ikeja GRA in Lagos,
south-west Nigeria.
What
is policeBCMR all about?
PoliceBCMR is a technological means
of attaching automobile owner’s special and unique biological characteristics
(biometrics) and personal data to their vehicles for authentication,
protection, crime prevention and detection purposes which operates on a smart
card and handheld card reader.
This is also a specially developed
enterprise solution for centralization and validation of vehicle documents in
order to create and authenticate the database for police operational use in
crime management nationwide.
Particularly for countries in West
Africa where band width is low for efficient telecommunication and internet
connectivity coupled with inconsistent GPRS that has been an hindrance to
efficient automobile tracking technologies. The Handheld device does not rely
or need internet connectivity and electricity to operate anywhere in the
country.
Why
policebcmr?
Wireless communications enables round
clock, discreet automated compliance screening for vehicle registration
requirements. The manual, visual-based identification, tracking and enforcement
systems that have been relied on in the past are labor intensive and expensive.
Automating the process increases efficiency and accuracy.
How
secured and trusted is policebcmr?
PoliceBCMR is programmed and
designed to stand the test of time and addresses security issues relevant to
forensic investigations, system hacking, identity and access control, intrusion
detection, incident response and encryption.
What
will policebcmr do?
PoliceBCMR captures and manages
vehicle registration, owner information i.e. Bio data, Biometrics, photograph
and keep track of vehicle activities and user statistics. It enables real time
contact with vehicle owners when the need arises. Make it difficult for any
stolen vehicle to be re-registered within Nigeria. Easily enable tracking down
of automobile that is involve in crime.
How
does policebcmr do that?
PoliceBCMR uses wireless
technologies to electronically identify vehicles and authenticate owner’s
identity, status and authenticity of vehicle data through the use of handheld
terminal and smartcard. It is an integrated customized system intended to be a
complete solution for Nigerian Police Force in ensuring public safety.
WHAT
IS THE KEY FUNCTIONALITY OF PoliceBCMR?
- Enhanced Incident Reporting
- Makes tracking down of stolen vehicles easy
- Police will be able to contact automobile owners in real time should the need arise
- Information broadcast to field officer’s handheld device
- Crime Watch list
- Forensic Analysis
- Face matching (pictures and videos)
- Information Broadcast to field officer’s Handheld device
- Usage of Handheld terminal with and without Smartcards
- Vehicle Owner Document Expiry Notification
- Incidents type (Stolen Vehicle, Accidents)
VEHICLE
TRACKING AND DEMOBILIZATION
INCIDENT
REPORTING
VEHICLE
OWNER DOCUMENT EXPIRY NOTIFICATION
CRIME
WATCH LIST
FORENSIC
ANALYSIS
MOBILE
HANDHELD
LARGE
QUERY/INFORMATION FINDING
VEHICLE
TRACKING AND DEMOBILISATION
VEHICLE
RECOVERY DATABASE
BULK
SMS AND EMAIL TO ALL REGISTERED USERS
BENEFITS
OF PoliceBCMR
These series of questions and answers are downloaded
from www.policebcmr.org, the official
website of biometric machine.
But, from our interviews with some commercial bus
drivers, private motor owners, keke marwa operators and other persons in Lagos,
police authorities have to carry out more public awareness on the new digital
anti-crime machine.
But, Mba assured that since the police has a wider
mandate as far as the serious business of checkmating criminal activities as
well enforcement of law and order is concerned, all other security agencies are
expected to work in synergy with the police.
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