APC NCRPO Project: eLaw Enforcement, To eProtect and eServe

APC NCRPO Project
eLaw Enforcement, To eProtect and eServe

Faculty: Joe Gene Quesada , Manny Calimlim, Jacob Catayoc, Ray Baquirin, Tito Merlo and Sean Sanchez
Students: Carlo Cortez (ABMA), Karl Puguna (CSIT), John Albert Villanueva (CSIT), Ken Chavez (ABMA), Jeff Barron (CSIT), Joseph Remotigue (CSIT), Bruce Gochuico (CSIT), Moses Gagarin (CSIT), Kevin Pineda (ABMA), Januarius Laygo (ABMA), Emmanuel Puno (CSIT), Awad El Shariff (CSIT)


Asia Pacific College's School of Computer Science and Information Technology will be developing e-law enforcement applications for the National Capital Region Police Office (NRPO). Under the direction of the NCRPO Director, Gen. Roberto Rosales, SoCSIT identifies the first four applications scheduled. They are the e-Blotter, Most Wanted Person Registry, Firearms and Explosives Database and the Digital Situational Database.


NCRPO’s eBlotter System
The SoCSIT will develop a “more efficient” blotter system for recording crime incidents across Metro Manila for the National Capital Region police office (NCRPO). It aims to replace the existing, conventional type of blotter system that lists down crimes reported in a community to pave the way for more efficient and accurate crime monitoring, Director Roberto Rosales said. Under the “e-blotter” system, police will simply have to fill up an existing form that contains all the basic information needed in a blotter to aid in further police investigation. The form will automatically be uploaded to a database at the National Capital Region police office, he said. The data on the e-blotter is secured such that it cannot be tampered at the station and district level With the “e-blotter,” all crimes reported will be automatically included in the database of the NCRPO. “We are creating a benchmark for 2010 of which we really have to come up with data that will include all cases that were referred to different barangays (villages). Para malaman talaga natin kung ano ang nangyayari o suliranin na hindi nakakarating sa pulis (This is to help us monitor the crimes reported to the police and those that are not),” Rosales added.

NCRPO’s Online Most Wanted Person Registry.
The SoCSIT will develop the database of all the most wanted persons in the country any time of the day with the launching of the Philippine National Police's Online Most Wanted Person Registry. The website would be effective in alerting police offices as well as the public of the presence of a wanted person in their community. The NCRPO, in an effort to prioritize the investigation and apprehension of high-profile offenders who are considered to be some of the country’s most dangerous fugitives, will use an online database that includes pictures, vital information of the wanted persons and the monetary reward for any information that will lead to their apprehension. The registry uses innovation in preventing and resolving crimes through information technology. This is an initiative by NCRPO in its continuing effort to combat violent crime in cooperation with other local, national and international law enforcement agencies. With the advent of the Internet, NCRPO is seizing the opportunity to employ Internet subscribers in this endeavour. These offenders tend to be career criminals with histories of violence or whose instant offense(s) pose a significant threat to public safety. Current and past fugitives in this program include murderers, sex offenders, major drug kingpins, organized crime figures, and individuals wanted for high-profile financial crimes.

NCRPO’s Firearms and Explosives Database
The SoCSIT will develop a database that provides guidance and information on licensing and permit requirements for firearms and explosive materials. The NCRPO Firearms and Explosive Database is responsible for determining eligibility and acting upon applications for firearms licenses, explosives licenses, and explosives users permits. It will also include records of persons who are disqualified from receiving firearms and explosives. Firearms and explosives retailers can register to use system for conducting instant criminal background checks. It will also serve as a repository for compiling data related to arson and explosives incidents in the Philippines. The NCRPO will maintain the database that collect and disseminate information for statistical analysis and research, investigative leads, and intelligence. Information in these databases help investigators identify suspects, case-specific similarities regarding firearm, explosive and incendiary device construction, methods of initiation, types of fuels and explosives used, and methods of operation in explosives or arson cases. The databases are also designed to help investigators link thefts of explosive materials with criminal misuse of the explosives. Lastly, the databases can assist local, national, and international law enforcement and fire agencies track criminal cases involving arson and explosives.

NCRPO Digital Situational Database
The SoCSIT will develop a system and method for processing and reporting situational information to emergency service providers in an emergency service communications network. It integrates traditional methods of monitoring (radio and telephone) and newer technologies (cellphone -SMS, MMS, wireless cameras, Internet) to monitor, detect, report, collect and process situational information to the NCRPO database. The system will route multi-media messages to a multi-media messaging carrier, forwarding the message from the multi-media messaging system aggregator to the database. A communications network for processing and reporting situational information to emergency service providers is comprised of mobile units, a public safety answering point and one database. At least one geographical location server communicably coupled to a multi-media clearing house operable to identify a location of the caller and identify a closest public safety answering point for the caller based on the location.