‘Safe City web TV to help modernise policing’

IGP directs officers to take swift action against criminals

LAHORE: Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Shoaib Dastgir has said Safe City web TV channel would propagate information and awareness regarding traffic laws, law and order situation and programmes on modernising policing.

Addressing a meeting at the Safe City headquarters, Qurban Lines on Thursday, he said through the web channel, performance of police would be propagated and also actions against criminals would be shown so that the image of police as a department might be enhanced and its prestige restored.

He directed the officers concerned to carry out actions against criminals on roads and sensitive places swiftly through proper monitoring. He said the police response and rescue forces should work together at other safe city projects in big cities so that people could be helped out in emergency situations.

He said monitoring systems should be made effective to enhance the overall progress of Pukar 15 call system and a courteous and soft communication should be done with citizens upon their calls and also quick relief would be provided to citizens.

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The IGP also witnessed the working of Central Operational Room, Pukar 15 headquarters and media monitoring room.

Safe City Authority MD and Additional IG Ali Amir Malik briefed the IGP. He said 70,000 phone calls were received at Pukar 15 headquarters from the whole province.

He said the CCTV cameras installed on city streets provided video recordings for help in the investigation of more than 13,000 cases so far.

Lahore CPO Zulfiqar Hameed, DIG Admin Safe City Kamran Khan, DIG Operations Lahore Rai Babar Saeed, DIG Chief Operating Officer Safe City Akbar Nasir Khan, along with other officers attended the meeting.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 6^th, 2019.