Improve the Efficiency and Security by Digitalizing the Sri Lankan Police Department

Abstract

Police, as the main law enforcement organization in Sri Lanka, play a major role in preserving the public order, preventing criminal, terrorist activities, and enforcing the law. As a developing nation, Sri Lanka Police Department is moving forward with emerging technologies to effectively manage operations and rapidly respond to opportunities and challenges. Compared to developed countries, Police Department is still far more behind when working with modern technologies. Lack of coordination between departments, duplication of data, delay of services, unauthorized data modification, absence of data analysis and prediction systems, lack of transparency, and corruption were identified as the main issues that exist in the police department. In this paper, we propose 4 main improvements which help to overcome those issues and challenges. Improving the existing police clearance certificate system to issue digital certificates capable of verifying the authenticity, integrity of the document and providing efficient delivery and great user experience to the applicants. Implementing a Blockchain network to store confidential data securely by providing transparency and integrity. Developing a machine learning model to predict crimes geographically and predict fight crime action based on data gathered from a real-time camera system (CCTV).