Who do you call when you can't remember your password?

[PumpkinAle]

Police in India have failed to act on hundreds of corruption complaints over an eight-year period because they did not know a computer password, it seems.

Delhi officers could not operate a portal holding more than 600 complaints - a lapse that has gone undetected since 2006, the Indian Express Newspaper said. The complaints came from India's anti-corruption agency, called the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).

But two senior police officers have now been trained in the system, and can access the 667 cases that have piled up since the portal launched. One officer told the paper the oversight was "a technical problem", and complaints are now being addressed.

The CVC collates complaints against government officials and directs law enforcement to investigate them. The commission received 36,000 complaints in 2013, figures published by The Economic Times say.

Despite the confusion, police in Delhi "remain committed to public grievances", a senior officer told the Indian Express.

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-26439556

[elleng]

1. little book in my purse!!!

[Pretzel_Warrior]

2. Well that's a nice bullshit excuse for inaction

[jsr]

3. Did they try "police" or "password"?

[randome]

4. I hear the NSA is watching our thoughts form as we type so...Santa Claus?

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

[LiberalEsto]

5. I was going to suggest the NSA

but the password info would likely be classified.

[Downwinder]

6. Gives a little more sense of security

when the police cannot hack their own password.

[d_r]

7. should have paid

the contractor who set it up

[nykym]

8. Try This.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24658994@N07/12977157443/" title="9781441308146 by a2zclutter, on Flickr"><img src="" width="209" height="300" alt="9781441308146"></a>

[okaawhatever]

9. Did they look for a post-it note hidden under the mouse pad? How about the top right hand drawer? nt