US officials laud enactment of K-P Police Act 2017

K-P police has been largest recipient of INL police assistance in Pakistan since 2009

PESHAWAR: Director United State Department for Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement-Pakistan (INL-P), Katie Stana and US Consul General for Peshawar Raymond McGrath met with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) home secretary and police chief, on Wednesday, to discuss continued commitment between the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement-Pakistan and K-P Police.

During the meeting with K-P Police Chief Salahuddin Khan Mehsud, who was recently appointed as the new inspector general of police, Katie highlighted INL’s cooperation with the K-P police and noted that in partnership with INL, the K-P police had managed to successfully train over 3,400 police personnel, including 69 female police commandos at the INL-funded Joint Police Training Center (JPTC). She lauded the enactment of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Police Act 2017 adding that it would further supplement the police force.

Speaking to the US officials, Mehsud stated that his priorities on law and order would focus primarily on defeating terrorists and criminals, continue to improve community-police relations, promote transparency and ultimately public confidence in the police.

The US officials also met with K-P home secretary where they discussed the K-P home department’s long association with INL; some 50 K-P officials have been trained for modern prison practices in Colorado, the US.

They also discussed INL’s contribution of 500 bulletproof vests and helmets, 10 bomb suits and 24 armoured personnel carriers worth US$4 million, part of the over $30 million INL reinforcement given to the K-P police this year.

The Bureau of INL works in more than 90 countries to help combat crime and corruption, counter drug-related crime, improve police institutions, and promote laws and court systems that are fair and accountable. The K-P police has been the largest recipient of INL police assistance in Pakistan since 2009.