ABSTRACT

This project work intends to automate the existing

criminal records of the Nigeria police using Enugu
criminal investigating department. The essence was to
produce durable criminal records and avoidable lost of
criminal records. Structural database management
system (DBMS) was used in its development in other
to eliminate redundancy in the compilation, its
friendliness in responding to the user exhibits and
also its reliability and efficiency in tracking down
criminals. Another important feature of this system
was that it provides user with the facilities for having
the hard copies or print out of any relevant
document as well as the facilities to communication
with the system. Tracking is the observing of persons
or objects on the move and supplying a timely
ordered sequence of respective location data to a
model e.g. capable to serve for depicting the motion
on a display capability. The traditional and age-old
system of intelligence and criminal record
maintenance has failed to live up to the requirements
of the existing crime scenario. Manual processes
neither provide accurate, reliable and comprehensive
data round the clock nor does it help in trend
prediction and decision support.

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The lack of reliable central case recording
systems for Nigerian police meant that cases
were in effect impossible to trace without
considerable resources, effort and a lot of luck.
For criminal cases the impact of this has been felt
in the practice of ‘holding charge’, where people
are arrested and charged with capital offences in
order to ensure their continued detention, whilst
there is little or no evidence of their involvement.
This issue has contributed significantly to the
visible inefficiency of the Criminal Justice System,
particularly the congestion of the prisons and the
courts. To improve the flow of cases and achieve
speedier administration of justice, the
introduction and deployment of information
technology (IT) based case management and
tracking systems is needed.

1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY The purpose of this

project is to design and implement a database for
storing crime records. This will aid the police in
crime tracking and control.

The main objective of the project was to Speed

up criminal trials and reduces the length of time
Awaiting Trial Prisoners (ATPs) stay in prison by
setting up a criminal case tracking system that
improves coordination between justice
institutions. The system would ensure a better
case flow and efficient data management that
would inform better management decisions.

1.4 JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY

Implementation of a crime tracking information

system by the Nigerian police will help the police
and the masses to get useful information on
individuals with crime records. The system
developed will among other things: 1. Maintain a
database of all crime records 2. Enable a quick
search on the database to retrieve crime
information 3. Enables Enugu police and the
Nigerian police to track previous crimes
committed by a suspect. 4. Improved operational
efficiency through the use of a standardized
system, searchable digital repository of relevant
documents, automated workload distributed and
virtual boarding of cases.
5. With Case Tracking System (CTS), it is
possible to access contact details of the Nigeria
police Force (NPF) and the judiciary at a glance
and it facilitates quicker and more effective
communication between the police and judiciary.
With Case Tracking Information System
attorney’s would spend less time to utilize the
information in a manner that is most beneficial to
them.

1.5 LIMITATION OF THE PROJECT

Due to time and financial constraint, I was unable

to visit most of the police stations in Enugu to
gather information on the existing crime tracking
information system. Few police stations were
visited and the information gathered from the
officers in charge forms the basis for the design
of the new system.