FRCs to monitor police efficiency

PSCA will keep backup of police digital data

LAHORE:

Punjab Police has decided to install Facial Recognition Cameras (FRC) should be installed outside all police stations across Punjab.

It has also decided to shift the backup of all digital data of Punjab Police to the Safe Cities Authority.

The decisions have been taken during a meeting chaired by Inspector General of Police Punjab (IGP) Rao Sardar Ali Khan during a meeting chaired by him at the Central Police Office (CPO).

The meeting was also attended by Safe Cities Authorities (PASCA) DIG Kamran Khan, IT DIG Iqbal Dara, Computer Bureau Director Raja Talat and other officers.

Khan directed the officers concerned to install Facial Recognition Cameras (FRC) outside the police stations and their monitoring backup system should be attached to the control room of the Central Police Office.

The installation of this state-of-the-art system is aimed at monitoring the movement of citizens in police stations and police response. The IGP said the system would eliminate corruption in the police department.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 13^th, 2021.