Public security: More patrols in high crime precincts
The objectives of the activity were to fight crime and maintain law and order.
LAHORE:
City police have started snap checking in areas having the highest crime rate. No arrests were made in the first round of the exercise from July 13 to July 16.
Mobile squad vehicles of the entire division were moved to areas falling under a police station at a time, SP (Mobile) Ather Waheed told The Express Tribune. He said a four-hour patrol by at least 12 Mujahid Squad automobiles and eight Tiger Squad motorbikes was then carried out. “We have been able to identify crime pockets and time of day when crime rate is at its peak in these areas,” he said.
The snap checks were carried out in areas falling under Shahdara and Shafiqabad police stations in City Division; Harbanspura, Baghbanpura and North Cantonment police stations in Cantonment Division; Sattukatla, Sabzazar, Hanjerwal and Johar Town police stations in Saddar Division; Allama Iqbal Town and Sanda police stations in Allama Iqbal Town Division; Nishtar Colony, Kahna and Kot Lakhpat police stations in Model Town Division and Qila Gujjar Singh and Mughalpura police stations in Civil Lines Division. These include the areas with the highest crime rate in the city. In City Division, highest number of crimes is frequently reported in Shahdara police station on a given day. Overall, Cantonment Division beats others in terms of the crime reported in a day.
Areas with the lowest crime rate fall in Rang Mahal, Akbari Gate and Mochi Gate police stations.
SP Waheed said that more snap inspections in the same areas would be carried out over the coming days. “What we learn will form our future strategy to combat crime in the city,” he said.
He said the objectives of the activity were to fight crime and maintain law and order so that a sense of security could prevail among the citizens.
“Crime rate in the city is at its peak on Saturday evenings,” he said. The new would include special measures for the peak hours, he said. A consistent complaint station house officers had about Mobile Squad officials not cooperating with them had also been addressed, SP Waheed claimed. He said Mobile Squad vehicles were now required to inform SHOs concerned whenever they entered and left their jurisdictions. This, he said, would keep the SHOs updated about the number of Mobile Squad vehicles patrolling their areas and allow them to seek help.
Police sources said snap inspections were planned after the number of calls to the Mobile Squad rose to between 400 and 500 per day. Most of these, they said, involved robberies and murders.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 18th, 2011.
City police have started snap checking in areas having the highest crime rate. No arrests were made in the first round of the exercise from July 13 to July 16.
Mobile squad vehicles of the entire division were moved to areas falling under a police station at a time, SP (Mobile) Ather Waheed told The Express Tribune. He said a four-hour patrol by at least 12 Mujahid Squad automobiles and eight Tiger Squad motorbikes was then carried out. “We have been able to identify crime pockets and time of day when crime rate is at its peak in these areas,” he said.
The snap checks were carried out in areas falling under Shahdara and Shafiqabad police stations in City Division; Harbanspura, Baghbanpura and North Cantonment police stations in Cantonment Division; Sattukatla, Sabzazar, Hanjerwal and Johar Town police stations in Saddar Division; Allama Iqbal Town and Sanda police stations in Allama Iqbal Town Division; Nishtar Colony, Kahna and Kot Lakhpat police stations in Model Town Division and Qila Gujjar Singh and Mughalpura police stations in Civil Lines Division. These include the areas with the highest crime rate in the city. In City Division, highest number of crimes is frequently reported in Shahdara police station on a given day. Overall, Cantonment Division beats others in terms of the crime reported in a day.
Areas with the lowest crime rate fall in Rang Mahal, Akbari Gate and Mochi Gate police stations.
SP Waheed said that more snap inspections in the same areas would be carried out over the coming days. “What we learn will form our future strategy to combat crime in the city,” he said.
He said the objectives of the activity were to fight crime and maintain law and order so that a sense of security could prevail among the citizens.
“Crime rate in the city is at its peak on Saturday evenings,” he said. The new would include special measures for the peak hours, he said. A consistent complaint station house officers had about Mobile Squad officials not cooperating with them had also been addressed, SP Waheed claimed. He said Mobile Squad vehicles were now required to inform SHOs concerned whenever they entered and left their jurisdictions. This, he said, would keep the SHOs updated about the number of Mobile Squad vehicles patrolling their areas and allow them to seek help.
Police sources said snap inspections were planned after the number of calls to the Mobile Squad rose to between 400 and 500 per day. Most of these, they said, involved robberies and murders.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 18th, 2011.