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AI Joins the Force: Maharashtra Police Deploys ‘Crime-OS’ for Smarter Investigations

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By Dheeraj Fartode  Imagine a police officer uploads an FIR and within seconds, an AI assistant begins planning the investigation. It write official letters, scan bank data and spot suspicious transactions. It sounds like science fiction - but it’s now reality in Maharashtra. The state police have started using Crime-OS, a powerful Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool developed under the MARVEL project (Maharashtra Research and Vigilance for Enhanced Law Enforcement). This tool, built in partnership with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Nagpur, works like the co-pilot feature in Microsoft Office - but to solve crimes. It helps police save valuable time and reduces the heavy workload of investigations. Assistant Superitendent of Police (ASP) Deepak Agrawal explained that police investigations usually take a lot of time and effort. Crime-OS is designed to ease that burden. “For example, if a fraud case FIR is uploaded, the tool automatically picks out important information. It t...
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60% policemen were victims of road accidents out 840 policemen killed on-duty

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Published on November 9, 2019

More police personnel died in road accidents in the country than and terrorist and left-wing extremist (LWE) attacks in year 2017. A total of 502 police personnel (59.67%) were killed in road accidents out of total 840 police personnel killed, said National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) in its recently released report.
Maharashtra lost two police personnel in naxal attacks and one due to accidental firing of weapon.  In sharp contrast, 30 were killed road accidents in the state which describe need of providing secure vehicles and safeguards to the policemen. 
In Jammu and Kashmir 237 police personnel were killed including 157 killed by riotous mobs and 71 in action against terrorists, 93 policemen were killed in Uttar Pradesh, 78 were killed in Punjan including 72 in road accidents, 51 were killed in Tamil Nadu including 50 in road accidents, 50 were killed in Madhya Pradesh including 39 in road accidents while nine by riotous mob, 41 policemen were killed in Haryana including 40 in road accidents, 40 were killed in Gujarat including 39 in road accidents and so on. 
A senior police officer said that the trend of killing of good policemen in accidents in needs to be taken seriously. “We are lossing our personnel due to negligence of the drivers. The checks would prevent accidents due to drivers’ mistake,” he said.
A retired officer said that conducting periodic tests of police drivers is need of an hour. Medical tests of policemen using motorcycle for patrolling should also be conducted including their eyesight and also their alcoholic habits.

2,684 policemen injured 

As many as 2,684 policemen were injured on-duty during operations across the country in year 2017. However, number of policemen injured in road accidents just 350. According to statistics, 308 police personnel were injured in Maharashtra in year 2017. Of them, 45 were injured in operations against terrorist and naxals, 28 during anti-dacoity operations, 128 by riotous and 57 in attacks by criminals. 

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