adminLAGOS. — The Nigeria Police Force has concluded plans to change motor registration from analogue to a digital system as part of efforts to curb terror and other crimes in the country.
With effect from next Monday, the police will change the Central Motor Registry to a digital Biometric Central Motor Registration system.
Police public relations officer Frank Mba said the new system was part of efforts to reposition the police force and enable it deal with rampant crime.
“To effectively combat terrorism, prevent crimes, apprehend and prosecute offenders, the force will from September 16, change the registration process of vehicles from the old analogue CMR to new digital BCMR system,” Mba said.
He added: “The decision informing the introduction of the BCMR is against the backdrop of contemporary security challenges bordering on terrorism, high incidence of car theft, kidnapping and other crimes.”
Mba said that the system was designed for forensic analysis where fingerprints could be matched or verified against registered fingerprints collected during the registration.
He stressed that the database would be made available to other sister security agencies and the new system is capable of capturing 20 million fingerprints per second.
BCMR could grab still images from CCTV being installed and footages could be used to apprehend suspected criminals. — CAJ News.
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