Karnataka State Police created the first Police Computer Wing in India in 1976 and has since worked to modernize its information systems, developing the Police IT software application in 2003 to digitize all police functions. The software was developed by Wipro Ltd. over 700 man days and has 12 modules covering crime, traffic, administration and more that are being deployed across Karnataka's 1439 police locations by the end of 2010. The network infrastructure to support this software includes data centers, MPLS lines, and VPN connections built by BSNL.

1. PRESS NOTE
A Police Computer Wing was created in Karnataka in 1976 which was the first in
India. The CCIS (Crime Criminal Information System) software of Government of
India (GoI) was deployed in 1994. CIPA (Common Integrated Police Application)
hardware and software project of GoI was launched across the country in 2004.
Karnataka State Police continued with the CCIS software and upgraded the
hardware with the ones provided under CIPA project. The police leaders had the
vision and decided to go in for a software application exclusively for the state. This
was the genesis of the Police IT project in the year 2003. This software has been
developed by Wipro Ltd. It’s a comprehensive software application having the
capacity to take the functioning of the Police to a digital mode. It covers all the
functionalities of the police department and has a spread over every single unit of
the department.
The precursors to the deployment of the software are in place namely Data Center,
Wide Area Network, Anti- Virus/FMS/Asset Management, Trained Manpower,
Help Desk and the like. The software is the result of 700 man days of field study,
70 review meetings, 30,000 pages of documentation and 7000 man days of
development effort. Overall more than 100 training sessions have been conducted
imparting training to more than 4000 police personnel. The overall training
requirement for the software to be optimally functional is capacity building of
around 14,000 police personnel.
The KSP Network comprises of 10 Mbps aggregation bandwidth at the State Police
Data Center, 2 Mbps MPLS leased lines for 39 locations, and 512 Kbps VPNoBB
for 1400 remote locations. The Data Center is also connected to a 4 Mbps Internet
leased line which is distributed to 150 locations across the state. The Network has
been created by BSNL and they are providing the Network Management Services
as well.
The main features of the application are:
Centralised Architecture
Based on .Net framework technology from Microsoft
Based on ASP.Net with MS-SQL as Backend
Reporting using Adobe PDF Format
Uses http/https Protocol for client communication and universally
accepted XML format for Data Interchange

2. Multi user and bilingual
Role Based Access
Workflow design
Web based
The Police IT application has twelve modules:
Crime
Law and Order
Traffic
Administration
Finance
Stores
Armed Reserve
Motor Transport
Training
Wireless
Forensic Science Laboratory
Executive Information System
FSL and Foreigners Registration of the Law and Order Module are already
functional. The deployment of the simpler modules is planned in the initial phase so
that the software/hardware/networking and manpower is fully tested and made
conversant. One intensive round of training would precede the deployment of the
bigger modules. The magnitude of the deployment can be gauged from the fact that
the 12 modules have to be deployed across 1439 locations in a phased manner with
all activities, logistics and training being seamlessly integrated into each other.
Govt. of India has accepted Karnataka as one of the lead states for the Crime
Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) Project. This project aims at
connecting 14,000 police stations and 6000 higher police offices across the country
and also the development of Core Application Software which can be customized by
the respective states. Karnataka has been permitted to implement its own software-
Police IT. It has been subsumed into the prestigious CCTNS project of Govt. of
India and in Karnataka presently the two projects function as one entity.
The phased implementation of all the modules of Police IT software application is
likely to be completed by the end of the 2010 calendar year.