A Crime Investigation Department (CID) Management System built with Django & Django REST Framework.
A Crime Investigation Department (CID) Management System built with Django and Django REST Framework (DRF). This project provides RESTful APIs to manage Officers, Criminals, Cases, Evidence, and Witnesses — with built-in search, filtering, ordering, and pagination.
This system digitizes core CID workflows — officer records, criminal databases, registered cases, collected evidence, and witness statements — and exposes them as clean, filterable REST APIs, along with a Django Admin panel for internal management.
- 👮 Officer Management — Track rank, joining date, and assigned cases
- 🕵️ Criminal Database — Store aliases, criminal history, wanted status
- 📁 Case Registry — Link officers & criminals to registered cases with status tracking
- 🔬 Evidence Tracking — Fingerprint, DNA, CCTV, Weapon, RDX residue, and more
- 🗣️ Witness Records — Statements linked to specific cases
- 🔎 Search, Filter & Ordering on every API endpoint
- 📄 Pagination (page size configurable via settings)
- 🖥️ Django Admin Panel with custom list displays & search fields
- 🎨 Landing Page built with Bootstrap 5 + Font Awesome showing live stats
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Backend | Python, Django |
| API | Django REST Framework (DRF) |
| Database | SQLite (default, easily swappable) |
| Frontend | Bootstrap 5, Font Awesome, HTML/CSS |
| Admin Panel | Django Admin |
| Endpoint | Method | Description |
|---|---|---|
/officers-api/ |
GET | List all officers |
/criminals-api/ |
GET | List all criminals |
/cases-api/ |
GET | List all registered cases |
/evidences-api/ |
GET | List all evidence records |
/witnesses-api/ |
GET | List all witness statements |
/admin/ |
- | Django Admin panel |
GET /criminals-api/?search=John&ordering=age GET /officers-api/?search=Inspector GET /evidences-api/?search=RDX Explosive Residue
REST_FRAMEWORK = {
'DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CLASS': 'rest_framework.pagination.PageNumberPagination',
'PAGE_SIZE': 3,
'DEFAULT_FILTER_BACKENDS': (
'rest_framework.filters.SearchFilter',
'rest_framework.filters.OrderingFilter',
)
}- Add authentication (JWT / Token-based)
- Add Create/Update/Delete endpoints (currently List-only)
- Add file upload support for evidence (photos, CCTV footage)
- Dockerize the project
- Add unit tests
Sajjad Ali
Full Stack Python Developer
This project is licensed under the MIT License — free to use for learning and portfolio purposes.
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