The ZIPNet or the Zonal Integrated Police Network is one project which is key to Delhi Police plans for the future. The aim is to share crime and criminal information in real-time with police forces of other states — in short, it's a database pool in the police and public domain, of information ranging from FIRs to arrested persons to unidentified bodies.
But a UP policeman's attempts to familiarise himself with the ZIPNet went horribly wrong recently, prompting Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar to send a circular to eight states, explaining the need for caution while updating the database.
The policeman in Aligarh, while learning to use the ZIPNet for missing people and unidentified bodies, made a random picture selection for the trial run and ended up uploading the photograph of a well-known spiritual leader under the category of 'Unidentified dead bodies'.
The policeman tried to delete the entry he had made but soon realised that only the administrator in Delhi had the rights to do it. Instead of alerting his superiors, the policeman chose to remain quiet and the photo remained on the page for more than two days.
The blunder was brought to the notice of the Delhi Police by angry followers of the spiritual leader after they spotted his photograph in the category of unidentified bodies. So agitated were these followers that they turned up at the police headquarters to stage a protest.
They calmed down only after assurances from the police that the photograph would be removed and officers instructed to exercise caution while using the ZIPNet.
In the circular he sent to ZIPNet member states, Commissioner Neeraj Kumar said even if officers accidentally upload and save any incorrect information, they should alert
the Delhi administrator instead of trying to "brush it under the carpet".
Wednesday 26 June 2013
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