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Web-based Crime and Incident Reporting System

Bermillo, Marjorie V., Mallari, Shaira Mella R.,

Maniago, Kian L. and Non, Arvin Lloyd D.

Holy Angel University

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Web-based Crime and Incident Reporting System

Introduction

During the past years, the technology in our society has been progressing making

our lives easier and better. However, crime and incidents never stopped, and it’s been a

serious social problem in our country. Through the years, different crimes are getting

worse, and a lot of incidents have happened around the world. As various crime cases

increase, technology is also growing. The submission of crime reports and complaints

online by most people nowadays is becoming even more common and it often happens in

our world today, as stated by Schraagen et al, (2017). Netizens sometimes use the

internet/social media to post crimes and incidents, but there are problems and risks in doing

this. There are ongoing studies regarding crime reporting systems and different web and

mobile applications that were developed to address the problem of people reporting on

different platforms on the internet that mislead the police in crimes and incidents posted on

social media. These incidents happen often in different areas and there is no way to confirm

those reports if they were real or not until they investigate. Some existing applications have

options to control and take over these kinds of issues, but they are not effective. Because of

those kinds of cases, real cases will be put on hold (Jayasinghe & Perera, 2021).

A database system was also developed by the PNP which is named Crime

Information Reporting and Analysis System (CIRAS). It is capable of generating reports

periodically, crime analysis, crime clock, and crime map that will help alert authorities in

making fast decisions. It allows real-time incident reports for quick and fast reliable

information for the decision-makers. The current system only manages criminal records,
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card files, and databases. The information is not clearly constructed, that being the case, it

is inadequate in providing for crime investigation. As a result, the investigation officer (IO)

will be having a hard time analyzing the related information, and properly executing fast

decision-making during the process of investigation without a prior or genuine knowledge

representation model (KRM) through data mining, to present the knowledge of crime

investigation in a more systematical, organized, and significant course of action

(Anonymous, 2022).

The study aims to examine the accuracy of the crime and incident reports and to

monitor the crimes and incidents in different areas of Pampanga. The application is

expected to monitor the submitted crimes and incident reports using a statistical tool. Since

the availability of the application differs for each device, the system is only allowed for

compatible devices, unlike a web-based application where you only need internet service to

access and report a crime.

Review of Related Literature

Crime Reports

Fast reporting of crimes is an essential part of anticrime since crimes are increasing

in our society today as one of the severe worldwide issues. In one of the countries in the

Middle East, Iraq, this problem is clearly noticeable as people avoid sharing their

information due to the lack of trust in the security system despite communication between

the citizens and the police in Iraq. A current study proposed a multi-approach for crime

reporting and police control to address these problems. The result of the study shows that
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the proposed system can quickly track and monitor criminals based on the cloud-based

online database (Alameri et al.,

2022).

In a study proposed by Laurena et al. (2022), Based on the reports from the PNP

(Philippine National Police), BFP (Bureau of Fire Protection), and LGU, the crimes and

incidents in the Philippines are increasing every year. A web application called AidPack

allows individuals to report different street crimes with reports directed to barangay

officials. Reporting an incident addresses different issues, and this will ensure the safety of

each citizen around the community.

Incident Reports

Incident reporting is widely acknowledged as an important method to develop

safety in healthcare further, and many countries have already developed their incident

reporting system. The reporting system, both local and national, is submerged by the

number of reports and lacks defining recommendations for improving the healthcare safety

of the people, as mentioned in the study of Leistikow (2017).

In healthcare, incident reporting refers to collecting information from the incident to

improve the patient’s safety and care quality. Incident reports help medical staff to identify

and change the patient’s medical errors. Nurse managers, front-line nurses, pharmacists, or

physicians are directly involved in the actions leading up to typically submitting the

majority of incident reports, as stated by Hooiveld (2022).

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Integration of Technology in Incident Reports

Mwiya (2015) stated that today, there are more effective ways of detecting and fighting

crime because of the advancement of computer technologies. Researchers and engineers

proposed and developed several computer-based systems focusing on crime reporting and

detection. Because of the improvements in spatial information and databases, the

application and integration of GIS became more effective in its implementation.

Objectives of the Study

The study's general objective is to develop a web-based application for citizens who

need to file crime and incident reports in Angeles City. To achieve the main objective, the

study aims to:

1. Manage all of the information on crime and incident reports.

2. Reduce the manual/traditional work for managing the reports.

3. Improve the manual/traditional way of reporting a crime and incident.

4. Monitor the speed of police response to citizens on the reported crimes and

incidents.

5. Evaluate the performance of the web application using the ISO 25010 model.

Scope and Delimitations

The study is focused on developing a crime and incident reporting web application to:

Scope:

1. Scope The web application users will be the citizens residing in Angeles City,

Pampanga.
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2. The web application can manage the information of the criminal and the crime

information.

3. The police officers can edit and update the records of the cases.

4. The application will provide an

5. The users can report a crime and incident around their area by filling up the

form.

6. The users can post a missing person with the following details: the name, a

short description of the person in terms of their height, the color of their

clothes, when and where they are last seen, and the phone number of the

contact person.

7. The police officers can post wanted criminals for the people around the area

will be aware.

8. The users can request police, ambulance, and firetruck by filling up a request

form. This will alert all police stations, fire stations, and hospitals near the

reported crime or incident area.

Delimitations

The crime and incident reporting process will be from submitting a report to

police accepting or responding to the crime or incident; other transactions or

processes will not be part of the system. The features of the web application will

only be accessible online. For the functions of the web application, when it comes to

reporting a crime, the information will only include the category of the crime, crime

description, location, date and time reported, the resident who reported the
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incident/crime, and the image as it serves as evidence that the crime or incident

reported is real. Furthermore, the feature regarding requesting for police, ambulance,

and firetruck will not have a tracking system; instead, the user will be notified if the

police, ambulance, or firetruck they have requested is already accepted.

Paradigm of the Study

The inputs of the study were obtained from the crime and incident reports

information and the crime and incident-related web-based applications and systems that

serve as a guide in the development of the web-based application. The crime and incident

reports also serve as the guide on getting the necessary details to be submitted by the user.

Inputs were processed through Rapid Application Development since the development of

the application needs to be developed in a short span of time. Furthermore, the researchers

conducted initial testing using the ISO 25010 model to evaluate the quality of the

application. The output of the study will be the web-based application with the results of

the software quality testing that was done at the final stage of software testing.
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Figure 1. Conceptual Framework

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