FAISALABAD City News

Failure to follow govt security policy
Edu institutions warned of action
From Our Correspondent
FAISALABAD: DCO Noorul Amin Mengal on Wednesday warned the educational institutions of taking action against them if they failed to follow the security policy of the Punjab government.
Addressing representatives of schools, colleges and universities here, he said that educational institutions had been categorised in to A+, A and B categories from the security point of view. He asked them to install barriers at entry and exit gates, besides arranging walkthrough gates, mettle detectors and mirror device for physical search and checking of vehicles. He also asked them to ensure zigzag entry of vehicles into their premises through placement of concrete barriers and deployment of guards. The DCO directed the educational institution managements to install CCTV cameras with least 15 days backup, besides setting up control rooms for monitoring and coordinating with the law enforcement and rescue agencies. He said that credentials of all security guards and staff should be got verified by the special branch of police. He also stressed upon making the students scouts and girls guides active to check security measures in the schools.
CPO Dr Sohail Tajik said that a comprehensive security strategy had been evolved for the protection of educational institutions and policemen would also be deployed on the rooftops of A+ category institution. He said that proper training was being arranged for the security guards of educational institutions for their capacity building. He advised the representatives of educational institutions to carryout mock exercise on their premises for sensitising the students regarding the security. He also asked them to nominate focal persons for keeping close liaison with the law enforcement agencies.