Punjab Inspector General of Police Shoaib Dastgir on Saturday said improvement in working of police stations is a must to ensure protection of properties and lives of people and the supremacy of law.
During his visit to the Capital City Police Office, he directed all the officers to closely supervise the working of police stations through close monitoring, effective supervision and inspection and address the issues of public by ensuring judicious implementation of law on a priority basis. He warned that there is not leniency for those who show slackness and negligence in resolving the issues of citizens at police stations, adding that strict action will be taken against such officials. He stressed upon the police officials that there should no delay in taking legal action against those involved in preparation of kites and metallic kite threads.
The IGP said intelligence-based operations against proclaimed offenders, drug peddlers and land grabbers should be boosted up and senior officers should personally supervise these operations and furnish the weekly report to the Central Police Office.
He moreover said that welfare eye project for welfare of Police martyrs and employees should be extended to rest of the districts of the province so that the problems of families of those who died in line of duty or embraced martyrdom should be resolved without any delay.
The IGP said it is the need of time to utilize technical expertise and modern technology keeping in view modern policing in front desk, operations, investigation and patrolling branches for elimination of criminals.
The IGP deeply examined working of monitoring room, OPS room and different projects of capital city police and also directed to enhance the performance in this regard. CCPO Lahore apprised the IGP about steps taken for resolution of issues of families of police martyrs through the eye welfare project.
He also briefed IGP about performance of Police Station Record Management, Hotel Eye, Travel Eye and CRMS along with other projects.
Later, the IGP Punjab chaired a high-level session in committee room and examined collective performance of Lahore police for protection of wealth and lives of people.
The IGP said Lahore police is the face of Punjab Police therefore officers should adopt open-door policy for resolving the problems of the citizens without any delay and also ensure equal prevalence of law, merit in the society so that peaceful environment may be promoted.
He stressed that the investigation process should be improved in accordance with the needs of modern age and maximum benefits should be reaped from use of modern investigation modules, geo fencing and forensic science so that pending cases are reduced.
Earlier, upon arrival at the Capital City Police Office, CCPO Lahore Zulfiqar Hameed, DIG Operations Rai Babar Saeed and DIG Investigation Dr Inam Waheed welcomed the IGP and briefed him regarding strategies of crime fighting and modern projects of Lahore police.
