Interactive Map Application for Real Time Crime Reporting.

In an ideal world, a society is governed by laws and any member of the society that breaks these laws faces measurable consequences. In such a case, a citizen is expected to report any violation of law to the concerned authorities. Illegal activities are an issue for every nation, and the majority of crimes committed go unreported due to fear and inconvenience of travel. This causes a need for an alternative investigative system, with non-interactive capabilities. In this work, we focus on developing a system for filing complaints online, along with a real time map for viewing hotspots and understanding crime dynamics in a neighborhood. The application comprises four functional modules, user verification, file a complaint with details and location, distributed database for storing the details of the complaint, and a live map of reported events in a web dashboard. This system paves the way for civilians to report crime incidents with the location pinpointed on a real time map along with detailed information regarding the same. Keeping in mind the restricted outdoor travel and exposure in situations of global pandemics such as the COVID-19, the proposed system could be a great alternative for offline crime reporting since crimes like domestic violence have been surfacing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]