RPOs ordered to expedite action under NAP

LAHORE
To review the implementation on National Action Plan (NAP), restructuring of traffic police, settlement of pending promotion cases and security of foreign experts working on development projects, IGP Mushtaq Ahmad Sukhera held RPOs’ conference through a video link at Civil Secretariat on Tuesday.
All senior officers were present. The IGP directed the RPOs to expedite the implementation on National Action Plan in the light of Apex Committee’s decisions as a frontline force on war against terrorism in the province.
In video conference restructuring of traffic police, Punjab was decided. It was also decided that a unified traffic warden system will be introduced in all cities of the province with a view to improving traffic system, flow of traffic and addressing public complaints.
It was decided that in future the posting tenure of traffic officers will not be more than three years and all officers/officials will be repatriated in their parent departments from traffic police.
The IGP was told that 500 traffic officers have been transferred so far under these instructions.
The conference also decided that all field officers will directly monitor the licensing branches in their respective districts and will also take strict action against all those black sheep of these branches who brought bad name to the department. All officers and officials having criminal record and involved in corruption will not be given important postings, it was decided in the conference.
The conference decided that all field officers will ensure the completion of pending promotion cases and forward them to CPO within the period of one month, so that the unrest among the officers could be redressed in this regard.
The IGP directed the RPOs to beef up the security at police lockups and police stations to stop the practice of criminals escaping from the police custody.
They were also directed to ensure the setting up of bunkers on both sides of the police pickets besides the officers deployed on these pickets must use the bullet proof jackets and equipped with latest weapons.
Minimum deployment at these police pickets will be 1-4, decided in the conference. All RPOs will also hold a meeting with their investigation officers on daily basis who are investigating the heinous crime cases and will submit their findings to CPO office directly.
The security of all foreign experts especially Chinese engaged in all development projects in Punjab was reviewed in detail and it was decided that foolproof security of these experts will be ensured at any cost.
Directing the field officers regarding the crime situation in Punjab, IGP stressed them to personally go in the field and monitored crime in their regions and take all out steps to redress the complaints of public by providing them speedy justice. He directed all out efforts must be taken to ensure the security of the minorities and their holly places in the province.
He directed the RPOs to take all received threat alerts of various agencies very seriously and set their security strategy accordingly. Keeping in view the prevailing situation, search operations, general hold ups, snap checking, besides, the security monitoring of vulnerable places, important offices, airports, railway stations, bus terminals, markets and banks will continue, decided in the conference.
ACCIDENTS: At least 641 road accidents were reported in Rescue 1122 Provincial Monitoring Cell in all 36 districts of Punjab during the last 24 hours in which six lives were lost and 525 seriously injured were shifted to different hospitals of relevant district. Some 235 minor injured were provided first aid by Rescue 1122 on the spot.