In News: Minister of State for Home has launched the Crime Multi Agency Centre (Cri-MAC) for sharing information on heinous crime and other issues related to inter-state coordination.
Crime Multi Agency Centre
- Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs.
- Launched the Centre at a function organised on the occasion of 35th Inception Day of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
- A Crime Multi Agency Centre (Cri-MAC) aims to share information between various police forces on heinous crimes.
- The Cri-MAC is meant to share information on heinous crimes and other issues related to inter-state coordination.
Note: Minister of State for Home also launched the National Cyber crime Training Centre (NCTC) for professional quality e-Learning services on cyber crime investigation to police officers, judges, prosecutors and other stakeholders.
National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)
- NCRB was set-up in 1986, based on the recommendations of the National Police Commission (1977-1981) and the MHA’s Task force (1985).
- Headquarter: New Delhi.
- Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs.
- Function Of NCRB: Repository of information on crime and criminals so as to assist the investigators in linking crime to the perpetrators.
- Role of NCRB: Networking around 16 thousand Police Stations and over 8 thousand higher Police offices across the country under the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) project.
- It is Indian government agency responsible for collecting and analysing crime data as defined by the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Special and Local Laws (SLL)
National Cybercrime Training Centre (CyTrain).
About CyTrain
- Ministry : Ministry of Home Affairs
- This is a virtual training centre hosted by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
- The intended trainees are officers of all ranks including senior officers from States / Union Territories as well as from Central Police Organizations/Central Armed Police Forces.
Aim: Project is capacity building focused on combating cybercrimes, impact containment and investigations.
Objectives of CyTrain: Focusing on standardization of course curriculum, Development of hands-on training modules for cybercrime detection, containment and reporting using simulated cyber environments, Development of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) and Establishment of Cyber Labs.
