The First Information Report (FIR) filed on Polygon enables Firozabad residents to file complaints against the police without being concerned that they will be ignored or fabricated.
After the debut of a new police complaint system that leverages blockchain technology to avoid manipulation, the 2.8 million residents of India’s Firozabad district may finally be able to sleep a bit more soundly.
On October 12, co-founder of Polygon Sandeep Nailwal tweeted that the Firozabad police in Uttar Pradesh has begun using the Polygon blockchain protocol to combat local police corruption and criminality.
The portal, known as the First Information Report (FIR), enables victims of crimes to file complaints against neighborhood police officers without fear of their claims being disregarded or mishandled by potentially dishonest officers.
Because he grew up hearing accounts of victims—many of them were rape victims—not receiving justice owing to local police corruption, Nailwal said the project was very dear to his heart.
The Firozabad police tweeted the video that Nailwal shared, which included a quote from Ashish Tiwari, the Senior Superintendent of Police for Firozabad.
The FIR being placed on the blockchain, according to Nailwal, assures that the reports cannot be falsified or rejected by lower-level police personnel and “may be a game-changer in securing the right to justice.”
In the announcement, Nailwal also expressed her gratitude to the police commissioner for going above and beyond his or her call of duty to use technology to implement and innovate for fair justice.
Polygon’s initiative commended by many
Others in the cryptocurrency community have also taken note of the Firozabad police declaration, with many viewing it as excellent news for Polygon, blockchain technology, and the locals of Firozabad.
Twitter user @srinigoes, a former member of the Indian navy, told their 15,200 followers that registering complaints on blockchain would ensure openness and was “a wonderful concept.” He went on to say,
“The biggest problem in the interiors of India was whoever registered the FIR (First Information Report) first, had first mover advantage.”
The first complaint site on Polygon is now up, as observed on Twitter by Kashif Raza, founder of crypto education startup Bitinning. This means:
1) Complaints are now immutable. 2) Verifiable. 3) Easy to file