M’luru city police, CID, Mandya SP expedite work through e-office

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru city police and Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Karnataka state police are using some serious bandwidth in giving the e-office project of the state government a mega push. Against the 59 policing units in the state police, these two units stand first and second, respectively, with the office of superintendent of police of Mandya a close third in terms of e-files created, e-files moved as well as e-receipts created and e-receipts moved.
Aimed at expediting the e-office project of the government, this initiative that Praveen Sood had launched prior to him taking over as head of the state police force has helped expedite routine police administration in policing units. This project has also come as a boon during the pandemic.
While the state police embraced this project in July last year, it is now at the height of the pandemic, that we are realising its benefits, said B Dayananda, additional director general of police (CID). “All our correspondence is now much faster, be it a routine leave application, salary related query, purchases and the lot,” Dayananda said. “With the whole communication digitised, alerts pop up on the dashboard when an e-file is not attended to in time,” he said.
For P S Harsha, Mangaluru city police commissioner, his position demanded more time be devoted to law and order duties, and the e-office was a handy tool for administrative issues for him. From an average turnaround time of 7 working days, routine files are now handled in less than two days, and in some cases within the day itself. “This was near impossible in physical format, which in some cases took the entire day to be generated,” he said.
While a leave application form now gets approved in less than two hours, a file pertaining to weapons licence is handled in 2 days. This allows us to utilise the manpower that was otherwise used for clerical jobs for real policing, Harsha said. The e-office also makes functioning of the police units seamless, and the decision making is also that much more transparent, Dayananda said, adding it is only a matter of time before the other policing units pick it up.
Going digital
Name of Police Unit
e-file created
e-file moved
e-receipt created
e-receipt moved
Mangaluru City Police
4,649
46,217
17,870
50,322
CID HQ, Bengaluru
995
21,989
7,889
17,230
SP, Mandya
4,081
15,380
5,327
6,569
Source: e-office, Government of Karnataka - As on June 21