Officials of the National Informatics Centre (NIC) conducted a capacity building programme for Police, Women Development and Child Welfare (WD&CW) and the Juvenile Welfare Department officials on tracking missing children in the State.
NIC officer Chandrashekar explained about the portal, trackthemissingchild.gov.in, operated by the Ministry of Women and Child Welfare department, at the AP Police Headquarters at Mangalagiri on Tuesday.
Crime Investigation Department (CID) Additional Director-General Amit Garg, while explaining the importance of the portal, directed the police officers to upload the details of missing children reported in all police stations.
CID DIG L. Kalidas Venkata Ranga Rao said the information uploaded on the web portal would be integrated with the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS).
WD&CW Special Commissioner H. Arun Kumar said the Project Directors, District Child Protection Officers (DCPOs) and the Integrated Child Protected Scheme (ICPS) staff should ensure that information on rescued child was uploaded on trackthemissingchild.gov.in. “Managements of all Child Care Institutions (CCIs) should promptly update information on children staying with them,” Mr. Arun Kumar said.
Juvenile Welfare Joint Director B.D.V. Prasada Murthy said the portal would help the police to trace the child through the unique feature of 'Facial Recognition System' (FRS).
CID Additional SP K.G.V. Saritha said the participants in the workshop would train the Special Juvenile Police Officers (SJPOs), across the State. The coordination meeting-cum-workshop would help to trace missing children. District Probation Officers, police, DCPOs and other officers attended the programme.
