Job seekers can now obtain police clearance from home

PANAJI: Job seekers can now avail the Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) from the comforts of their homes as the Goa police department is in the process of introducing the service through a web application on its website.

The Goa police website is undergoing a major overhaul offering various people-centric services including two web-based applications that will enable the public to obtain police clearance and missing articles certificates.

According to information, last year around 45,000 missing articles complaints were lodged across the police stations in the state whereas around 14,000 PCCs were issued.

With the introduction of these two new web application services, people need not go to the police stations to obtain certificates towards missing articles or police clearances.

While the Goa police website is being redesigned and two new web applications are being introduced, the Goa police department is also introducing a Goa police mobile app (mobile version of the website) and eye-watch, an emergency mobile application. These apps, according to information, can be downloaded free of cost and are officially expected to be launched towards the end of this month.

According to information, this technological advancement in the Goa police department is being monitored and supervised by the Cyber Crime SP Karthik Kashyap. “We are almost in the final stage of redesigning the website and introducing other technological transformations that will be very helpful to the people as well as help in policing,” said Kashyap.

“The Goa police website will be more people-friendly and include two new web applications wherein residents can obtain digitally-signed Police  Clearance Certificates and also lodge a missing article report,” said Kashyap adding that the “website will also carry contacts of various emergency services and other information related to essential services.”

Apart from this, the Goa police department is also introducing eye-watch, a mobile app, which will come handy for people in emergency situations. Eye-watch is already in operation in eight states in the country.

“We are making use of the modern information technology for better policing and better delivery of services. Eye-watch mobile app is for emergency response. When the user activates the eye-watch app, it will record 30-second audio and video, which will be transmitted to the police control room. Once the data is received, there will be an alert and apart from the incident, the personnel at the PCR will also get to know of the sender’s location,” said Kashyap.

He said that the app will alert the police in time about a particular incident or if a person is in trouble and will be also helpful in investigation.

Kashyap said that the mobile phone app of the Goa police department (mobile version of the website), apart from the various people-friendly services, will help them to report any incident and share photos or videos.