Software Development for Electronic Policing Of a Typical Environment

Abstract

Electronic policing of an environment is becoming more appreciated to curb indiscipline, unwholesome attitudes, as well as nib in the burled at early stages of terrorism. This work aims to develop a software to police an environment by acting as a reliable receiver end and document the detail report of incidence with security features for security agencies attention in real time. The environment to be policed is coded in the database with zone code definitions with their corresponding code numbers, names, streets, area and house numbers for easy access, with time of alert and date for concrete evidence as stored in the database with restricted access. . The development was tested and the input output response time was determine to be less than 2sec. The software performs well in accepting the digital coded signal from the input source to determine the distress point of call, and make a print out of the caller. The developed software, by its design makes it difficult for any erasure of the information received from its line, and stores it in the ROM, with the time of occurrence and date. The precision detailed information of events from distress point of call (DPOC), stored in the system for checks and verification, is expected to reduce the laxities and negligence of duties on the part of a Nigerian policeman, and claim of innocence of not being timely informed of any security break. It is also believed that crime rate with the use of software is expected to be highly reduced, thus creating a better image of the Nigerian nation as well as others implementing the scheme in their security outfits, and create a platform to strengthen the caught- in the -act scheme as against the present after -the- act investigations being adopted by the Nigerian police and other developing Nations to combat crime.