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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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COVID-19: General transfers of State police to get delayed

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By Dheeraj Fartode
Amid round the clock bandobast duties for implementation of lockdown, Maharashtra police have extended the date of submission of forms for General Transfers (GT) by a week. The GT may get delayed this year as police staff assuming longer period of lockdown, claimed sources. 
However top officials are confident that despite the outbreak of coronavirus, the transfer would be carried out as per routine. Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Establishment Board Kulwant Sarangal told ‘The Hitavada’ that the date was extended as the police officials are busy with bandobast duties. “Approval from Unit Commander and Inspector General of Police (IGP Range) is needed to approve the submitted forms. However, these senior officials are busy in implementation of lockdown in the state,” he said and added that the transfer orders would definitely be issued before May 31st. 
ADG Wireless Retesh Kumaarr has sent a wireless message to all police units alerting them about extended date. The wireless message stated - Regarding submission of on-line applications for GT and request transfer- 2020 in the rank of officers - Assistant Police Inspectors (APIs) and Police Sub-Inspectors is underway. The time line to submit the on-lice application by the officers has been given till March 26th. On the ground of COVID-19 virus, since most of the officers are engaged in bandobast duties as well as very less numbers of ministerial staff is attending the office. It has been decided to extend the timeline for submitting the on-line applications by one week. In this regard, all Unit Commanders are hereby informed that the date of submission of “Three choices for posting” for the officers has been extended by one week upto April 2nd.
It may be mentioned here that Establishment Board of Maharashtra Police starts process of GT in February and transfer orders are issued during last week of May every year.
This year, the Wireless Department of Maharashtra police have digitised data of 17,000 police personnel under Maharashtra Police Information & Analysis System (MPIAS). The cops are first time using the digital tool for fling their transfer forms.

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