A collaboration between MJPRU, a recognized state university in Bareilly dedicated to educational and research activities, and the Uttar Pradesh Police Bareilly Region will develop a conversational AI system that will provide support to complainants in their Language. The conversational AI system will communicate with complainants to record critical details quickly in a format that can be converted into a structured First Information Report (FIR) and thus eliminate much of the difficulty associated with completing a FIR through the traditional method of obtaining one.
Why It Matters
The main reason people do not report instances of domestic violence or sexual assault is that they fear the consequences. Even though access to police services is guaranteed by law, many individuals do not want to approach the police simply because they fear the paperwork, do not understand the legal language involved, and fear being intimidated by the police. The AI system is intended to help remove this barrier for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault by performing most of the labor involved in preparing and creating the FIR for victim and ensuring that the FIR contains all of the relevant information at the time the FIR is created.
LLM and FIR Processing
Utilizing large language models and other AI powered systems for understanding and translating language into a written record of what occurred, the AI system will provide a faster means of completing the complaint process. Additionally, the AI system will reduce the need for police officers to provide manual input to create FIRs, allowing the officers to spend more time on the investigative process and responding to the victims.
Future Tech in Policing
According to the officials involved with this project, it falls in line with their commitment to creation of “smart policing” through the use of technology to achieve greater efficiency and increased transparency throughout the entire police organization. To achieve many of these objectives, plans include digitizing older police records and migrating those records to a secure cloud environment.
This type of partnership will offer citizens more opportunities for interaction with law enforcement, especially in rural areas and within minorities that are historically underserved by the police department.
