Social Video Streaming (SVS): A prototype application for street crime reporting

Bhutto, Zulfiqar; Dahri, Kamran; Lakho, Iqra Kanwal; Memon, Saima Q.

doi:10.1109/cybersa.2015.7166131

Cited by 5 publications

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“…Citizens are given an easy anonymous reporting tool to offer police tips and leads about crime that affects them and their neighborhood. In (Bhutto et al, 2015), an android application idea was presented to broadcast a video to help in stopping street crime. SVS (Social Video Streaming) enabled mobile users to stream live videos of street crimes anywhere, using 3G/4GLTE or Wi-Fi connection.…”

Section: Crimementioning

confidence: 99%

An Ad-Hoc Crime Reporting Information Management System

Kommey,

Opoku,

Asare-Appiah

et al. 2023

Int. J. Inform. Inf. Sys. and Comp. Eng.

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Criminals often escape punishment due to delayed sharing of information with law enforcement agencies. The traditional method of reporting crimes is slow, thus, the need for a faster and modern approach, one that uses modern technology to apprehend perpetrators. It is therefore important to have a well-organized system for reporting criminal activities. This system should be free and easily accessible to the public. With information being delivered promptly and remotely, there is no need for visits to police stations, which can be time-consuming and tedious. This project aims to curb criminal activities by developing a smartphone application that enables victims or witnesses to report real-time information to security agencies, including GPS coordinates. The use of real-time data would prompt quick responses in emergency situations and make reactions proactive rather than reactive. The proposed methodology for the project involves designing and developing a user-friendly mobile app as well as a professional web application for security agencies. The creation of an integration platform allows for the registration of police stations and staff members. Feedback from users would help maintain and improve upon the app. Ultimately, this project aims at increasing public safety and improving crime reporting and management in Ghana by using modern technologies. By enabling citizens to report crimes in real-time, the mobile application has the potential to revolutionize crime reporting and foster a safer and secure environment. By collaborating with law enforcement agencies, the proposed solution can help provide a more efficient and proactive crime reporting system in Ghana.

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Section: Crimementioning

confidence: 99%

An Ad-Hoc Crime Reporting Information Management System

Kommey,

Opoku,

Asare-Appiah

et al. 2023

Int. J. Inform. Inf. Sys. and Comp. Eng.

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“…In [ 27 ], a Social Video Streaming (SVS) application that uses smart phones for street crime reporting by recording the video of incidents is proposed. This application is meant to be used by the citizens when they come across an incident such as a robbery or any crime incident that is happening in their surroundings.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…“Disaster Alert” is an app created by the “Pacific Disaster Center” [ 36 ] which collects disaster and hazard information from different agencies and services all around the world and displays them on a world map or in a chronological list. Furthermore, as in the last few years live streaming technology has become very popular and more accessible to people, a proliferation of different mobile applications, such as “Ustream”, is used from the citizens for street crime reporting, by exploiting the live streaming functionality [ 27 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Detecting and Tracking Criminals in the Real World through an IoT-Based System

Tundis

Kaleem

Mühlhäuser

2020

Sensors

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Criminals and related illegal activities represent problems that are neither trivial to predict nor easy to handle once they are identified. The Police Forces (PFs) typically base their strategies solely on their intra-communication, by neglecting the involvement of third parties, such as the citizens, in the investigation chain which results in a lack of timeliness among the occurrence of the criminal event, its identification, and intervention. In this regard, a system based on IoT social devices, for supporting the detection and tracking of criminals in the real world, is proposed. It aims to enable the communication and collaboration between citizens and PFs in the criminal investigation process by combining app-based technologies and embracing the advantages of an Edge-based architecture in terms of responsiveness, energy saving, local data computation, and distribution, along with information sharing. The proposed model as well as the algorithms, defined on the top of it, have been evaluated through a simulator for showing the logic of the system functioning, whereas the functionality of the app was assessed through a user study conducted upon a group of 30 users. Finally, the additional advantage in terms of intervention time was compared to statistical results.

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