Police squad launched to control street crime

PESHAWAR:

As an important and innovative step to further improve the overall law and order situation in the provincial capital, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has introduced a special police squade named Abbabeel Squad with the aim to effectively prevent street crimes in the city through effective and smart policing.

Chief Minister Mahmood Khan formally launched the Abbabeel Squad in a function held here in Police line on Wednesday.

Initially, the squad will consist of 800 specially trained police personnel and 200 customized motorbikes for round the clock patrolling throughout the city.

The Abbabeel Squad will be equipped with modern communication devices, body cameras, drone cameras and other technological gadgets for smart surveillance.

The squad will be connected to a central control room through wireless communication system. The entire city has been divided into 100 different beats for patrolling purpose, and the two-rider squad will simultaneously be patrolling each beat.

Later on, 800 more personnel and 200 more motorbikes will be added to the Abbabeel Squad.

Addressing the launching ceremony the CM said that it was the need of hour due to growing population and raising rate of street crimes in the city.

He said that this special squad would have great impact on the overall law and order situation and will be helpful to effectively prevent the street crimes.

He said that it was also desperately needed to maintain law and order situation during the upcoming local bodies elections.

The chief minister said that in next phase, Abbabeel Squad would be rolled out to divisional headquarters and district headquarters as well adding that this was another important step of the provincial government after launching of Asaan Insaaf Marakaz and Police Madadgar to improve policing in the province.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 16^th, 2021.