Strategy chalked out to curb street crime
Interior Minister said that the police official had damaged the credibility of Islamabad police. PHOTO: AFP
Islamabad police chalked out an elaborate strategy to curb street crimes in the city and decided to start intelligence-based policing.
According to the police source, a total of 2,617 cases related to street crimes were registered in 2021, while a slight increase was witnessed in the ratio of street crimes, particularly in Sector I-11.
The police spokesperson said that Islamabad police have taken various steps to curtail street crimes. These steps, he said, included identification of crime pockets, crime cluster analysis, database (survey of slum areas), intelligence-based policing, combing as well as search operations, random checking of guest houses, hotels and motels, a survey of rented accommodation and illegal settlements, surveillance of suspected elements and data proofing of released prisoners.
Moreover, an Eagle Squad consisting of 150 motorcycles and 510 police officers has been established within Islamabad, on the pattern of the Dolphin Force in Punjab to control street crimes. Since the establishment of Eagle Squad, the spokesman said that the ratio of increase in street crime has been considerably decreased up to 50 per cent.
The spokesman further shared that police have been directed to keep high vigilance in the city to eradicate crime and ensure an effective crackdown against anti-social elements, drug pushers, proclaimed offenders and land grabbers.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 14th, 2022.