‘Punjab Safe Cities project equipped with latest technology’

Security and rule of law is the prime focus of PSCA

LAHORE: Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA) is the exclusive security organisation in Pakistan with its own advanced 4G-LTE communication system in place.

These thoughts were expressed by PSCA Chief Administration Officer Muhammad Kamran Khan during the visit of upper echelon telecom professionals to PPIC3, PSCA on Tuesday.

He said data security and rule of law was the prime focus of PSCA.

The 18-member delegation comprised the vice president, senior directors and officers from various flanks of a private telecom company. The delegation was brought up to speed on the functions and structure of the premier project of Punjab Safe Cities Authority by the chief administrative officer and both operations commanders PPIC3. The delegation visited various wings of the project dealing in 15 Operations, Police Dispatch Unit, Video Control Unit, Media Monitoring Unit and the PSCA insignia cam-surveillance operations management center. The CAO briefed the delegation with audio visual presentations on various objectives, operational approaches and response mechanisms of PPIC3, which when employed together, ensured optimum performance.

The telecom delegation highly appreciated the technologies and practices in place as were demonstrated to them in details. They showed keen interest in the unprecedented Facial Recognition Technology buttressed with swift and automated police interception protocols. They termed PPIC3 a monumental achievement towards integrated policing in Punjab.

The delegation members were later awarded with shields and souvenirs from the management of PSCA.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 25^th, 2018.