Visiting police stations to lodge a complaint could soon be a thing of the past. The Ernakulam Rural police, which recently launched Facebook and Twitter pages, have netted more IT points with the launch of their official mobile-based web application, ‘Spider’.
The new application, developed in association with IIM Kozhikode and Infofac Consultancy, a start-up firm at Kochi, will be available on Android phones. It offers a host of services, including registration of complaints. Besides, it also enables people to report incidents of crime, or law and order violations, with a single touch, which will automatically carry the location information of the user along with security details.
Status of petitions
Another striking feature is the option for online status check of petitions and other services provided by the police, where users can know the status of their petitions by providing the respective petition number. Further, they can also access details of fines and other regulations imposed by the police in case of traffic rule violations.
The police can reach the public with notifications and news items through this application. The ‘Spider’ app is also aided with emergency contact information of police, which users can dial with a single touch.
The service will initially be available in Ernakulam rural limits and the application, which can be downloaded from Google Playstore, will be expanded to other parts of the State based on the response from the public.
The application was developed as part of a social development project (SDP) of the Executive Post Graduate Programme (EPGP) of IIM Kozhikode.
