19-09-2017, 03:00 PM
eCOPS is a web-based electronic document management system that automates the costly and inefficient manual document management processes associated with physical deliveries of commodities. While eCOPS, LLC is a subsidiary of ICE Futures, a registered and regulated US futures market, eCOPS users are in no way obligated to participate in futures markets to receive the benefits of eCOPS electronic document management .
eCOPS aims to provide computer support total information system for the work of the police. Its main activities are not related to transparency, but help provide police officers with information on criminal cases and offenders. ECOPS would also assist in providing division chiefs and senior officers with information on crime control and on administrative and support services such as accounting and personnel management. The system can also provide access to information from external systems in hospitals, prisons, passport offices, etc. to assist in collecting data on criminals, victims and witnesses.
In India if a crime is committed, the victim (or witness) must go to the police station where they live, and report the crime that is then said to be registered. The station attendant completes a First Information Report (FIR): a statement of detail as the victim recalled. Previously, it was a paper-based process, and paper records were easily manipulated or lost. With the eCOPS system, a victim could go to any police station (not just their local) and the duty officer can record the crime directly into the system. The contribution of eCOPS to transparency would be derived from the fact that, once a case has been registered in the system server database, it can not be easily changed. The person who registered the case could also have access to case details and progress at any time, either by going to any police station and requesting an officer to access your case in eCOPS, or by accessing your case online using a FIR code number that is issued at the time of registration. The victim may file a complaint if they believe the case has not been properly recorded or that there has been no progress in the case since it was last accessed. Finally, senior police officers could also use eCOPS to monitor case details and progress. All of this affects the transparency of case management and the accountability of police officers.
The system is still in a relatively formative stage. Currently, it only covers a limited number of functions, and only four pilot locations in the state. There are planned expansions to address mobile data collection, traffic management, gang activity analysis, police training and other facets of police work; and a planned deployment to the entire state.
eCOPS aims to provide computer support total information system for the work of the police. Its main activities are not related to transparency, but help provide police officers with information on criminal cases and offenders. ECOPS would also assist in providing division chiefs and senior officers with information on crime control and on administrative and support services such as accounting and personnel management. The system can also provide access to information from external systems in hospitals, prisons, passport offices, etc. to assist in collecting data on criminals, victims and witnesses.
In India if a crime is committed, the victim (or witness) must go to the police station where they live, and report the crime that is then said to be registered. The station attendant completes a First Information Report (FIR): a statement of detail as the victim recalled. Previously, it was a paper-based process, and paper records were easily manipulated or lost. With the eCOPS system, a victim could go to any police station (not just their local) and the duty officer can record the crime directly into the system. The contribution of eCOPS to transparency would be derived from the fact that, once a case has been registered in the system server database, it can not be easily changed. The person who registered the case could also have access to case details and progress at any time, either by going to any police station and requesting an officer to access your case in eCOPS, or by accessing your case online using a FIR code number that is issued at the time of registration. The victim may file a complaint if they believe the case has not been properly recorded or that there has been no progress in the case since it was last accessed. Finally, senior police officers could also use eCOPS to monitor case details and progress. All of this affects the transparency of case management and the accountability of police officers.
The system is still in a relatively formative stage. Currently, it only covers a limited number of functions, and only four pilot locations in the state. There are planned expansions to address mobile data collection, traffic management, gang activity analysis, police training and other facets of police work; and a planned deployment to the entire state.