Video link meeting on professional affairs of Riverine Police chaired by DIG PHP Sadiq Ali Dogar.
Instructions to increase patrol teams and patrolling hours for crime prevention in the districts adjacent to the Indus River.
Officers and officials on patrol duty must use the e-police App. DIG PHP
Riverine Police personnel will be posted only at Riverine Police Post. DIG PHP
Supervising officers of Riverine Police must take best performance from force and speed up process of suppressing the criminals. DIG PHP
Deputy Inspector General of Patrolling Police Punjab, Sadiq Ali Dogar has said that the Riverine Police is the most important force of the Punjab Highway Patrol, whose main task is to ensure the protection of life and property of the citizens in the areas adjacent to the Indus River. Likewise, activities of criminal elements are eradicated with effective surveillance and monitoring of this Riverine police . He directed that patrolling teams and hours should be increased to prevent crimes in the districts adjacent to the Indus River in different districts acros sprovince. DIG PHP stressed upon officers and officials on patrol duty to use E-police app. He said that the Riverine Police personnel will be posted only at the Riverine Police Posts and more resources will be provided to increase it's efficiency. He directed that the supervisory officers of the Riverine Police, taking the best performance from the force, should accelerate process of suppressing the criminals. He also avowed to exploit all available resources for permanent eradication of criminals in Indus river adjacent areas , especially in South Punjab. He issued these instructions while presiding over a video link meeting on professional affairs of Riverine Police at the Central Police Office. In the meeting, the overall performance of the Riverine Police and the problems faced were reviewed.
DIG PHP Sadiq Ali Dogar said that according to the instructions of IG Punjab and Additional IGP PHP, the district police and riverine police will jointly conduct intelligence-based operations in areas adjacent to the Indus River so that lives and properties of residents of these areas may be protected. DIG PHP further said that after every 15 days the performance of Riverine Police will be reviewed so all district PHP officers should improve their performance. He directed PHP personnel on duty to be courteous with citizens so that the atmosphere of trust between police and citizens could be strengthened. The concerned district officers of PHP participated in the meeting through video link and gave briefings.
(Handout No. 542)
Osama Mehmood
Director Public Relations
Punjab Police
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