Introduction

Police provides safety to citizens. It always remains steady for arresting any
criminal who is a threat for the safety of society. After registering the FIR from any
citizen, police starts its work and on that basis it arrests the criminals if proofs are
found against them. Once the criminals are arrested, police starts investigation from
them. After getting all the proofs against the criminal, it is the duty of the police to
present all the proofs honestly to the court so that the right man can get right
punishment. The true and right information provided by the people to police helps a
lot in arresting the criminals who try to spoil the peaceful environment of society.

Background of the Study

Police is by law charged with the responsibility of preventing and detecting
crime, preserving peace and order and enforcing all laws and regulations. A system
of providing the Police with information regarding criminals and the various
activities they had carried out in the past, will go a long way in helping to
checkmate criminals and their activities; and this will also help in identifying new
cases of crimes and criminals within a given area. A Criminal Records Management
System will assist the police with useful information that will help in apprehending,
prosecuting, and sanctioning criminals. It has been acknowledged that the nearest
we can get to the criminal happenings or events is the record kept by the Police, of
crimes reported to them (James, 2010).The use of computers and other
communication devices that will help in keeping track of criminals and the various
activities they engaged in, is currently very minimal. The police keep their records
on paper and this does not help their efficiency as it does not provide accurate,
reliable and comprehensive data round the clock. In recent times, with the
economic hardship the country is going through it is not uncommon for the police to
complain about lack of stationeries in cases which they may wish to record (Kawai
&Samson, 2011). The Crime Records Management System beats the method of
paperwork adopted. On this platform, all records are computerized, thus eliminating
loss of data through rough handling by the Police Department, and this makes
investigation of future crimes relatively easier. Police officers now have the ability to
immediately generate crime report directly relevant to the situation at hand rather
than searching through numerous, dusty files. The CRMS will enable the police to
have accurate and sufficient statistics on information of a case; the year a crime
was committed, who investigated it and other related criminal information.

The same information provides a powerful decision making tool for policemen,
investigators,database

administrators,

judges

and

fellow

law

enforcement

agencies.The advent of the background screening industry in Nigeria with

companies like BackgroundCheck International and Risk control has led to the
performance of background checks forcivil purposes than for criminal investigations.
Most Nigerian employers now requestcriminal history information as part of the
hiring process. For example Etisalat, First Bank,AccessBank, Brunel Energy,Day
Waterman College, Guinness, Lafarge, MTN Project Fame,Glaxo Smith Kline and
Exxon Mobil demand background checks on all or virtually allapplicants(Background
Check International, 2014). Criminal background reports are only asreliable as the
underlying records from which they are drawn

Theoretical Framework

Conceptual Framework
FIR Information

Person
Reg. FIR

FIR
On line
Registration

Print out of FIR

Submit FIR

Officer Detail

Police Station

sending

Check
Complaint,
Register Complaint

Sending info.

Investigation of Compalit

Collection of Crime

Received
Detail of FIR

Sending info.

Company Person

Crime Related Person

Statement of the Problem

What is the evaluation of the users in terms of:

Accuracy,
(Security)
Reliability and
User-Friendliness?

What are the problems or difficulties encountered while using the system?

What are the significant difference of the

Hypothesis

Scope and Limitation