Eliminating duplication, forgery, Police clearance certificates in Goa to have QR code

Panaji, January 10: Viewing to eliminate duplication or forgery, the Goa police on Friday announced that police clearance certificates (PCCs) issued by them will henceforth have advanced security features, including QR code. "PCCs will have advanced security features to avoid the possibility of duplication or forgery", Goa police spokesman said in a statement.

 

 

"The QR code contains information about the applicant, address and police station under which applicant resides and other details. A team comprising Deputy Superintendent of Police Edwin Colaco had worked on QR coding to ensure data is stored in a digital format in the certificates", he said.

 

"Details such as purpose of seeking the PCC and issuing authority alongwith application number is embedded in the QR code and all information can be easily accessed by scanning the same", he added.

 

PCCs with enhanced security features are being issued by the police from the current month. They are issued by the police department for various purposes, including for obtaining passport. QR, or quick response, code is a machine-readable optical label that contains information about the item to which it is attached.