Crime and Criminal Tracking Network

Crime and Criminal Tracking Network

o   The Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) project is a mission mode project under the National, e-Governance Plan being implemented by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

o   The project aims at creating a comprehensive and integrated system and a nation-wide networked solution for connecting more than 15,000 Police Stations and nearly 6,000 higher offices in 28 States and 7 UTs of the country for sharing of real-time crime and criminal information.

o   The project has been conceptualized based on the principle of ‘Centralized Planning and Decentralized Implementation’.

o   A Core Application Software (CAS) is being developed with common definitions, scheme and specifications at the Central level which would be handed over to the States/UTs for State specific customization.

o    However, States which have been allowed to continue to run on their existing applications have to align their existing software to facilitate information exchange with CAS.

o   Objectives :

1)      Make the police functioning citizen friendly, transparent, accountable, effective and efficient by automating the process and functions at the level of the police stations and other police offices at various levels.  

2)      Improving delivery of citizen-centric services through effective usage of Information and Communication Technology (ICT).  

3)      Facilitate collection, storage, retrieval, analysis, transfer and sharing of information among police stations, districts, State headquarters and other organizations/ agencies, including those at Government level.  

4) Enabling and assisting the senior Police Officers in better management of police force.  

5)      Keep track of the progress of the crime and criminal investigation and prosecution cases, including progress of cases in the courts.