KrimeWatch is an application that helps to reduce crime in the neighborhood. It is a cloud-based solution with multiple components integrated with each other.  The first component is web-based. It has two mobile app user types  1. People on the lookout  2. KWAction for action teams. There are two different levels of permission in KrimeWatch for people  1. Users of the KrimeWatch mobile app 2.KrimeWatch mobile app monitoring subscribers.

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                  When mobile users capture the crime or suspect incidents happening in their premises and upload them, it leaves no particularity of the mobile device. It sends encrypted evidence video to the control station via a cloud computing solution, along with the GPS location and timestamp. All the people who install this app on their mobile phones will be  mobile app users.   There is another level of paid subscription where the users can receive personal alerts from the local control station. Monitoring officers at the control station view the incident video and decide the intensity of the incident.  Based on the intensity, the officer will act accordingly.

For instance, a child has been kidnapped in a car. The witness will note the number plate, color of the car, and other specifications that will be helpful for the incident. Once the incident has been uploaded into the control station, the monitoring officers will trigger a people alert with the available specifications and a brief description of the precautions that need to be taken. All the people who have installed this mobile app in that neighborhood will receive a message alert about the incident with the details. 

In this scenario, the control station needs to track and capture incidents further from the suspect. People who detect the same suspect with the provided car details can capture additional incidences of proof or evidence in video. This will add a link to the original incident. Law enforcement authorities investigate the crime further by capturing all related incidents to the original incident. 

The monitoring officer sends action alerts to the action team.   In response, the action team in that area will receive the action team alerts.  The action alert provides all the details regarding the incident and the specific details that are available. It also provides directions to the incident location. Action team members can take additional incident videos while taking action on the incident,   which will be attached to the original incident. And the action team member who is dealing with the situation can request more help and force.

In this scenario, if the suspect is retaliating with force and the action team member is not able to arrest the suspect, they can request additional help from the action team.  An additional action team is assigned by the monitoring officer and directed to the spot.   Once the action team solves the issue and arrests the suspect, the action team member will add action comments to the incident and close the incident. 

In another feature in this application is the Emergency button.

This functionality can be used in scenarios where the attacker is chasing, and the victim does not know the current location. By clicking on the emergency button in the mobile app, it will display the current physical address, and it will dial the local control station.  You can explain the current situation. The mobile app also sends the GPS location and a timestamp to the local control station.  Then the control station will send the action alert  to the action team members who are in the geo-vicinity and take action.

Another important feature in this application is to audit the incidents that occurred in the neighborhood for KrimeWatch mobile app subscribers.

First, let us compare it with the traditional home security systems like ADT.  It warns us with an alarm that is set up in the house.  The alarm goes off when there is an alert from the door sensors, motion sensors, web cameras, fire sensors, and flood sensors installed around the house. If any of the sensors sends a signal to the ADT control center, it rings the alarm in the house to warn us.  If one of the household members enters the correct password within 60 seconds, the alarm will turn off. You will receive a courtesy call from the ADT call center for a safety check. If you did not respond to the call, the ADT control center will dispatch the first responders to your location. The one downside to this is that it monitors only your house outside and inside, but not your neighborhood. 

In the present day, you did not know what is happening in the neighborhood. There are accidents on the next street, stabbing one block away, fire accident down the street, or suspicious activity in a school zone.  If you know this information you can alert your family members or neighbors , so we can stop our loved ones from those premises. KrimeWatch mobile app meets the purpose.  KrimeWatch mobile app monitoring subscribers will receive current up-to-date alerts for every incident happening in their neighborhood.  Monitoring subscribers will receive the incidents happening in their neighborhood even when they are away from their registered location.

For example, say you work in New York City but live in New Jersey.   Mobile app monitor subscribers will receive incident alerts that are happening in New Jersey even when they are working in New York City. This will help you to call your family members in New Jersey. This mobile app has the functionality to save the neighborhood incident on your phone so you can show the proof of the incident to your family members or neighbors and alert them.

Also,   the Control Room Officer for the action team has functionalities   like creating, updating, and deleting alerts. They have the permission to delete incidents created by the mobile app users if it is inappropriate to upload or not relevant incidents for the neighborhood.   They can search for all the past events and alerts for further investigation into a particular case.   Not only that, but they can use this data to forecast the situation.