Pickets to be made police stations

Police will to monitor the criminals and providing justice to the masses

ABBOTABAD:

Hazara Deputy Inspector General Police (DIG) Qazi Jaeelur Rehman on Monday while taking a step for providing easy access to people to the police station concerned ordered all District Police Officers (DPOs) for new demarcation of existing police stations in their respective areas. The DIG also directed to prepare survey reports of police pickets which would be upgraded into police stations and submit it as soon as possible. Upgrading of pickets would reduce crime rate, he said. DIG Rehman stated that many police stations of Hazara were situated in far-flung areas which created problems for the people to register their complaint and moreover in case of the emergency police force also faced difficulty in reaching any crime scene. All DPOs should be sent new demarcation of existing police stations and Police Chowkis till September 15 after which establishment of new police stations would be announced which would enable masses to reach police in case of any emergency as soon as possible, DIG Hazara said. Police pickets in areas where the population is increasing rapidly need to be upgrade to the police stations to control crime and reduce burden on exiting police stations. He said it would help police to monitor the criminals and providing justice to the masses.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 25^th, 2020.