Ahmedabad, 19 September 2013

The Gujarat Chief Minister today inaugurated eGujCop project which integrates information technology systems in home departments across the state.

The eGujCop project covers more than 1100 locations including 450 police stations, 59 circle police inspector offices, 60 sub divisional offices, 35 Commissioner of police, Superintendent of police offices in its network. The state government describes it as biggest such initiative in the world in terms of scale.

eGujCop according to the Gujarat government will provide quicker documentation and reporting systems. It will save time by optimizing record keeping and quick retrieval of information. They system will verify identity through ‘automatic fingerprint identification system.’

Thanks to eGujCop, citizens will be able to request for police service online through the ‘Citizens portal service’. Citizens will be able to access details of missing persons and also the details of stolen or recovered vehicles. They will be able to view the progress of their cases online, download important forms and certificates, apply for various permissions like verification, arms license, hotel license etc and view progress of their application online.

Chief Minister’s speech

Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched eGujCom through login to the network using his own user name and password at 3.20 pm. Modi said more than 1,000 places including jails and forensic science laboratories across Gujarat are part of this network.

Modi described E-governance as easy governance and effective governance. He said the eGujCop initiative will simplify the work of police force which is involved in so much writing/paper job.

Criminals involved in multiple crimes who use different names at different places will be identified through biometric and case history data available on eGujCop network. Thus the system will be useful in crime detection.

Modi said when it comes to service, eGujCop will prove more useful than AK-47 for police jawans.

He pointed out that the biggest digital data bank available with Forensic Science Laboratory in Gujarat will be accessible now to common police men through eGujCop.

Modi asked police men to take interest in technology. He said, “no one taught us how to use mobile phone, whatsapp or SMS. We learn on our own. Using eGujCop is equally easy. The government has spent around Rs. 150 crore for eGujCop, you should take maximum benefit of it. Technology tool should create fear among criminals.”

He said the Gujarat government first set up proper infrastructure through Jyotigram scheme, and once infrastructure was in place, the govt focused on skilled human resource. The govt started recruiting techno savvy youths to police force. At this time, the police force has more techno savvy employees than the administrative side of the govt.

Speaking on this occassion, Home Secretary Shri SK Nanda said, “the project has been made functional within a year. As per central govt model, the project was only about connecting police stations, but we have gone one step ahead and connected IB, CID, Passport, FSL etc too.”

Giving details about eGujCop, Crime Record Bureau chief IPS Manoj Agrawal said, “The project will make documents available to courts too. Crime pattern, crime maping details will be available through search. Suppose if some criminal escape, broadcast of his details to all police stations will be possible through eGujCop.”

He said total 1.3 crore records from last ten years containing more than 140 crore words are digitized. As many as 24,000 Gujarat cops are trained through 20 live sessions. Each session was attended by at least 11,000 cops. The pilot project was launched in 10 police stations. The data obtained through pilot project contains 13,000 complaints and 73000 investigation entries.”

Modi speaks on progressive unfolding