NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU

NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU

Crime records play a vital role in the scheme of police working for prevention and detection of crime. Though, police is a State subject under the Indian constitution, the Central Government through the Ministry of Home Affairs has been assisting and aiding the States in the modernisation of the State police forces with the financial aid and through the constitution of study groups, committees and formation of central organisations to help States fight the menace of crime more effectively. Some of the important constituents of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) are Crime Records Branch, Central Finger Print Bureau, Statistical Branch, System Development Branch, State Implementation Branch, System Maintenance Branch, Training Branch and Data Centre and Technical Branch. Its emblem is crested with Ashoka Lion Capital in gold supported by red colour shield with gold border where the acronym ‘NCRB’ is written. The shield is circled with two golden wreaths. The wreaths are cicumscribed in gold lettering with ‘National Crime Records Bureau’. Below the shield and in between the wreaths is shown a storage device and computer. The words ‘Envision, Excel and Enable’ are written in gold in gold boredered red colour banner. Below this ‘Empowering Police with IT’ is emblazened in gold in a gold bordered blue banner.in black is encrypted in white banner with red border in Devanagari below the crest.