Toward an mPolicing solution for Namibia: leveraging emerging mobile platforms and crime mapping

Authors:
Kasper L. Jensen;Hedvig N. K. Iipito;Michel U. Onwordi;Sebastian Mukumbira
Affiliations:
School of IT;Polytecnic of Namibia, School of IT;Polytechnic of Namibia, School of IT;Polytechnic of Namibia, School of Natural Resources and Tourism
Venue:
Proceedings of the South African Institute for Computer Scientists and Information Technologists Conference
Year:
2012

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Abstract

In this paper we present a system designed for the Namibian Police to empower officers to create and maintain crime and accident reports more effectively and more efficiently by improving the current paper based procedures. Beyond the digitalization of existing forms, the activity of creating new reports in the field is enhanced through a mobile application that utilizes built-in sensors in mobile devices such as tablet computers and smartphones to capture location and other contextual information together with rich media in the forms of pictures, audio and videos. A central repository is used to allow fast and easy access for relevant stakeholders, and we demonstrate how this repository can be used together with GIS data to create powerful crime mapping tools. While still in the early phases we demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed solution through implementation of prototypes and isolated studies of core modules in the architecture and a first iteration of the interface design based on interviews with stakeholders in the organization and analysis of the current workflows.