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Lahore, January 11, 2020 (PPI-OT): Inspector General of Police Punjab Shoaib Dastgir said that all under process projects meant for public facilities and change in thana culture initiated by Punjab Police in all districts should be completed within given time frame especially the follow up of summaries of new projects and for acquisition of resources sent to Punjab government should be taken whereas summaries to finance and other departments should get finalized with personal interest and attention of officers.
He further said that the safe city Lahore based projects of Integrated command, control and communication system which are under construction in big cities of the province like Rawalpindi, Multan, Faisalabad, Gujranwala and Sargodha should be speeded up so that with use of modern technology based modern policing should be imparted for protection of lives and properties of people.
He further said that close supervision and monitoring are mandatory for completion of any project therefore all officers should launch new projects by keeping within the limit of available resources for change in thana culture, betterment of the force and improving public service delivery and also their working should be made more effective in the light of feedback from public. He further said that internal accountability branch should ensure standard inspection of Police offices, lines and police stations and also directed all DPOs and SPs to furnish the inspection report of their under control police stations to Central police office regularly.
He further added that mutual trust between police and public cannot be ensured without improving public service delivery system so all officers should allocate specific time for hearing of public issues by adopting open door policy and also ask directly the public about behaviour and performance of Police teams. He moreover said that monitoring system of entry and exit check posts and locks up with police stations should be made more effective whereas zero tolerance policy should be adopted in actions against those who were found guilty of misbehaving with the citizens during the checking. These views were expressed by him today, when he was chairing a meeting regarding development projects of Police, up gradation of available resources and departments issues.
In the meeting while directing the Officers IG Punjab said that the complaints received by IGP complaint cell 8787 should be resolved within possible minimum time and follow up should be ensured for all the complaints received by calls, sms, emails and open court etc. He added that working and public service delivery of Police stations should be made more effective whereas the officers and officials deputed over check posts should deal public with positive and courteous behaviour.
He moreover said that timing and plan of Dolphin, Peru and other patrolling forces on roads should be reconstituted and an effective crackdown should be taken against criminals in all districts besides conducting intelligence based, search, sweep and combing operations in sensitive places on daily basis. Addl IG PHP captain retired Zafar Iqbal, Addl IG training Tariq Masood Yaseen, Addl IG I and B Azhar Hameed Khokhar, Addl IG operations Inam Ghani, Addl IG welfare and finance Rao Sardar, Addl IG safe city project Amir Ali Malik, Addl IG Logistics and Procurement Ghulam Rasool Zahid, Addl IG Establishment BA Nasir, Addl IG special branch Zaeem Iqbal, DIG SPU Omar sheikh, DIG legal Jawad Ahmad Dogar, DIG Training Dr Suleman Sultan Rana, DIG headquarters Syed Khurram Ali along with other officers were also present at this occasion.
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Punjab Police
Punjab Police Computer Bureau,
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