Police force to be purged of addicts: IG Our correspondent

LAHORE K Inspector General of Police Punjab Inam Ghani has said tests are being conducted in all the districts to keep the police force free from drug addicts and drug tests of senior and junior rank officials are going on.

Strict departmental and legal action against drug addicted officers and personnel will not be delayed at all. He said that there was no place for officers and personnel using drugs of any kind in the Police Department and the officers and personnel involved in the heinous act would not be allowed to remain part of the police force in any circumstances. The officers and personnel who tested positive for drugs from the authorised laboratories would not be re-tested while health profiling was a continuous process which would be continued at all levels in future too, said the IG while issuing instructions to the officers during a meeting at the Central Police Office. Instructing the officers, the IG Punjab said that a transparent and impartial process of self-accountability under police reforms was one of the priorities of Punjab Police and steps would be taken in this regard at all levels. He added that those who used drugs as a fashion or habit would not be allowed to be part of the force under any circumstances as these incompetent officers and personnel were not able to perform their departmental responsibilities properly. They don't cause convenience to the citizens and become a symbol of disgrace to the police force and the department.