US offers training for Punjab police

The department had been given a new face with the help of information technology

LAHORE: The US has offered to provide all-out technical assistance to train police on modern lines and capacity-building of Punjab police. The offer came from US International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Assistant Secretary of State William R Brownfield during a meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Friday. The official said he had visited over 90 police headquarters in the world but the standard of work at the Punjab police headquarters was the highest. “Improvement in the policing system with the help of information technology was highly laudable,” he added. He said he was happy to know that Punjab police had been given a new face with the help of information technology.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 22^nd, 2016.