Vol 20 no.1 2020
1Department of Computer Science, Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria 2Department of Computer Science, Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria
Abstract
Fighting crime has posture incredible difficulties to the law enforcement agencies. Crime being an act against the law of a society is a danger to the prosperity of the people and thusly, requires productive and efficient monitoring. Portable processing gadgets can be used as a feasible vehicle for the utilization of the Geo-Locational Information System to recognize, capture, and indict guilty parties. This study, therefore, developed an android crime reporting system, which coordinates the Google Map/Places APIs in reporting a crime to a nearby police station. It gives options to report crime through an App-To-App call, audio recording, and sending images of the crime scene. The developed application has proven to be effective (when compared to the existing method of reporting a crime) in terms of timely intervention to a crime scene by law enforcement agencies and the confidentiality of the person reporting the crime.