Inspector General Police Punjab Shoaib Dastgir has said that comfortable and quality cloth should be selected for uniform of police force which may cope against any season and weather and may be compatible for office and field duties.
He said that crimes ratio, proportion of population, area of police station, geography, and fleet of vehicles in district should be kept in view with respect to distribution of 500 new vehicles to police stations by Punjab government so that ratio of crime across the province may be reduced and all districts of province may benefit from this facility.
These views were expressed by him while addressing officers at an executive board session at Central Police Office on Thursday. In the session, different issues including police uniform, arrest of heinous criminals, promotion policy and other many departmental matters came under discussion.
In the session, action against dangerous criminals involved in heinous crime, terrorists and their facilitators were examined in detail. It was decided that action against such monsters of the society be sped up and teams engaged in such operations should be kept aware of ground realities with the help of strong intelligence network and fruitful utilization of modern and digital technology.
The IGP Punjab stressed upon field officers that operation against criminals especially terrorists and their facilitators should be surged up and field officers should personally supervise and command police teams constituted for arrest of hardened criminals. He added that, field officers who show negligence in arresting of dangerous proclaimed offenders should not think that they shall not be questioned about their negligence, but such officers shall be held accountable for their negligence and carelessness. He further said that parallel mechanism of reward and punishment increases moral of force and also proves helpful in achieving best results along with maintaining environment of professional competitions and enhancing professional abilities, therefore, there should be huge focus on progress report and professional training of officers and officials besides ensuring provision of other facilities to force.
