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    Police Record and Office Management Information System (PROMIS)

    Introduction

    Police Record and Office Management Information System, aimed at automating records at all police stations and offices was approved by the Federal Government in April 2005 with the total cost of 1.4 billion rupees, country vide. National Police Bureau (NPB) was given the task of its execution.

    However, in 2006, the project was revised and the consultant Dialog Broadband (DBB) was selected; and IP Telephony System was added in the scope of the project. The network connectivity, from Dial-up to WiMax and Optic Fiber, was also added in the scope of work.

     Objectives of the Project

    • Provision of basic IT infrastructure to enhance efficiency and effectiveness
    • Automation of Police Station record including FIRs and office management system (in four provinces, AJK, Northern Area Police, Railways Police, FIA Headquarter, National Police Bureau and ICT Police)
    • Provide the required services to various police branches
    • Designing of MIS to facilitate operational activities of police
    • ERP solutions for police including finance & budgeting, assets & accounts, human resources, vehicle management, pay and procurements etc.
    • Strengthening of Police Training Institutes for IT training
    • Provide data sharing facility to all police stations to enhance their operational capability to fight against serious and organized crimes

     Achievements

    The software of FIR, was developed by the firm in August 2010 and first time implemented in Data Center located at Police Headquarters (PHQ), Punjab during the last week of August 2010. The following achievements have been made since August 2010: 

    • Data Center made operational at Police Headquarters (PHQ), Punjab, Lahore.
    • 40-offices in Police Headquarters (PHQ), Punjab are equipped with hardware & application software of PROMIS.
    • In Lahore district, 80-Police Stations have been made operational so far.
    • 8-districts are supplied with partial equipment, connectivity and the application software of PROMIS is implemented in these districts. These districts have WiMax connectivity within district and fiber optic connectivity, outside the district.
    • Whereas, 25-districts are provided one PC, scanner & printer at DPO level (Infrastructure, connectivity and sharing of application software of PROMIS has not been provided in these 25 districts).

    Training

    The application software was initially implemented in five police stations of three major cities which are Multan, Rawalpindi and Lahore as a pilot and then extended to 27 police stations of (Sargodha, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Okara, Gujranwala and Jehlum).

    In the above mentioned districts of Punjab, 29 Master Trainers and 231 Data Entry Operators have been trained and total 105023 FIRs have been entered so far in the system.

    Source: Police Computer Bureau. 
    Last Updated: 10-02-2012