LAHORE: Capital City Police Chief Additional IG Ghulam Mahmood Dogar has said that due to the administrative and reform based strategy and smart e-policing of Lahore Police, the last five months of the present year remained peaceful in context of overall law and order and security situation. Lahore metropolis continuously improved its rank as safer city on International Crime Index among peaceful cities of the World. Lahore Police Officers and officials performed diligently facing vulnerable situations in wake of Covid-19 as hundreds of Police officers and officers were affected from this pandemic whereas five of them graced martyrdom also due to this pandemic while serving the citizens.
Lahore police will make all out efforts including preemptive and preventive measures to control crime and serve humanity with more dedication and zeal, using smart and community policing as key factors to meet the ongoing challenges of new trends of crimes. Ghulam Mahmood Dogar said that Lahore Police has introduced effective operational mechanisms and institutional reforms to enhance the capacity building of its force so as to control crime in the city.
CCPO Lahore said that using entrusted authority in a legal manner to serve the suffering humanity can only be helpful to improve the overall image of the Police department. He said that the institutional structure of different units of Lahore Police is being strengthened to improve the performance of the force. Ghulam Mahmood Dogar said that on the directions of IG Punjab Inam Ghani, special teams have been constituted for the arrest of Proclaimed and Targeted Offenders whereas the performance of Anti Riot Force, Dolphin Squad and Police Response Unit has also been revamped. Commander Lahore Police said that he is himself monitoring the performance of Police officers to meet the targets regarding control of crime. Crime meetings at divisional and circle levels are being held on a regular basis whereas all divisional SPs also review the plan of action for the eradication of crime on a regular basis. According to the facts and figures of the report issued by Lahore Police a visible decrease in the incidents of burglary, robbery as well as snatching and stealing of vehicles was seen due to the smart policing and use of effective monitoring tools including CCTV cameras of PSCA.
The Lahore Police has issued facts and figures regarding its performance for eradication of crime in the first five months of the year 2021. According to the figures, Lahore Police retrieved lands and properties of more than 340 citizens comprising more than 43 thousands kanal area worth more than rupees 30 Billions during this year. Police arrested as many as 22655 criminals involved in different crimes in the year 2021 till now. Lahore Police arrested 1627 members of 672 dacoit gangs and recovered cash and valuables worth more than rupees 32 crore and 05 lac from them. Police recovered 35 cars, 1187 motorcycles, 53 other vehicles, 18 laptops and 1638 mobile phones as well from the criminals.
During the grand action against illegal weapons in the city, Lahore Police arrested 3434 criminals and 3061cases were registered against them in different Police stations of the city. Police also recovered 45 Kalashnikov, 345 rifles, 197guns, 2751 pistols, 03 carbines, 28 revolvers and thousands of bullets from these criminals. During action against drug peddlers Police arrested as many as 4078 criminals and registered 4003 FIRs against them during first five months of this year. Police recovered from them more than 31kg heroin, more than 1880 kg Charas, more than 03Kg of ICE, 17kg opium and 45482 litres of liquor. Similarly during the year 2021 Lahore Police arrested 1928 criminals involved in gambling and registered 459 cases against them recovering more than rupees 48 lac from them. Moreover 456 Proclaimed Offenders of A category, 3970 POs of B category,788 Targeted Offenders whereas 1337 Court Absconders were arrested during this year. Lahore Police also arrested 5027 criminals for violating Kite Flying Act and recovered more than 51 thousands and 700 kites as well as 6705 strings from them.
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