According to documents of the Home and Tribal Affairs department available with The Express Tribune, the provincial government is planning to organise the police to work on investigation, intelligence, accountability, education, finance, crime against women, research and development and information technology, among other things.
A committee has been formed to identify shortcomings and propose changes for improving the police department. The secretary home will chair the committee which will comprise police headquarters AIG, Counter Terrorism Department DIG and representatives of the law and finance and other departments
In the pipeline
The team’s tasks include the establishment of a research and analysis wing which will publish periodical assessments of existing trends of militancy and violence. This information will be used to advise the government on strategies that can be adopted to tackle militancy.
The research wing will have an internationally-connected digital library to analyse socio-economic and religio-political causes of crimes at the local, regional and international level, states the document.
It further states that the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Police Rules will be framed in accordance with Police Order 2002 in two months, while the performance of police stations will be evaluated based on their investigation and intelligence output.
To protect cyber space, an anti-cyber crime wing will be established to nab people involved in password hacking, credit card information theft, communication disruption, software and data piracy, defacing websites, sending threatening emails and distributing computer viruses.
The police will also be enabled to deal with financial crime which is increasingly becoming a form of organised crime. According to the home department document, a robust Financial Crime Unit (FCU) in the Special Branch Police will curb anti-state activities related to financial felonies and wrongdoings.
A modern forensic explosives lab will also be set up in the provincial capital to enhance post-blast investigation capacity of the provincial police.
“Given the fact that the Special Branch Police is involved in the collection, collation and analysis of intelligence information, there is a dire need to have a proper institute which can impart basic training in these activities to policemen,” states the document, adding a school will be established for this purpose.
Similarly, coordination links will be established with the military intelligence agencies so that the desired effectiveness and efficiency can be achieved, it added.
A summary of the reforms has been submitted to Chief Minister Pervez Khattak for approval.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 10th, 2014.
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Nice initiative...def the right way forward.