IG Punjab orders to set up Investigation Support Units in all SP Investigation Offices of the province.
The support units will provide information to the investigating officers in accordance with the SOP to assist in the investigation of cases.
SPs Investigation along with RPOs, DPOs will also participate in the monthly video link crime meeting.
If the evidence is not sent to the laboratory in time, the concerned investigating officer along with the supervisory officers will have to answer. IG Punjab.
Inspector General of Police Punjab Inam Ghani while ordering to set up Investigation Support Units in the SP Investigation Offices of all the districts to improve the investigation matters said that the staff deployed in the Investigation Support Units to assist in the investigation of cases will provide all possible information to investigation officers required in the investigation of the case in accordance with the SOPs. He further said that the staff deployed in these support units would work to obtain other required details including information from the Criminal Records Office and other relevant sources and provide them to the concerned investigating officer so that the investigating officers would be engaged in obtaining them as and when required and may use them to bring cases to a logical conclusion as soon as possible. He further said that it is possible to eradicate crime from the society only by bringing criminal elements under the law. Therefore, Punjab Police is increasing its reliance on the use of information technology by building the investigation process on modern skills and scientific foundations.
He further said that timely sending of evidence to PFSA is one of the basic duties of the investigating officer and in case of any delay any negligence and delay in sending the evidence to PFSA ,both investigation officer and supervisory officers shall be held accountable. He further said that the the basic purpose of Regional Monitoring Units is to take the points to supervisory officer which have been overlooked in the investigation of cases therefore ,special attention should be given on monitoring of performance of all regional monitoring units for supervising investigation matters of cases and every registered case should be digitally monitored and supervise the cases and phases of investigation in accordance with the devised SOP. He further said that the performance of the investigation would be reviewed in the monthly video link crime meeting while RPOs, DPOs and SPs Investigation of each district would also participate in the monthly crime meeting. He expressed these views while giving instructions to the officers while presiding over a meeting on improvement of investigation matters at the Central Police Office here today.
During the meeting, Additional IG Investigation Fayyaz Ahmed Dev while giving a briefing on the performance of the Regional Monitoring Unit said that the Regional Monitoring Unit has been activated as a pilot project in Lahore to monitor the investigation matters and the feedback obtained from Lahore. In the light of feedback , the Regional Monitoring Units in other districts would be further improved. He further said that the activation of the support units would also provide special assistance and facilities to the investigating officers. Giving instructions, the IG Punjab said that in order to provide speedy justice to the citizens, the rate of work out of cases should also be improved through better investigation while modern forensic science and other modern sciences including geo-fencing should be used in investigation of serious crimes.He further said that programs should be set up to enhance the capacity of the investigating officers in which the indicators issued to them for further improvement in the quality of investigation including protection of crime scene, visit of PFSA team, timely sending of DNA to PFSA, challan Timely completion, detailed briefing on recording of valid evidence as per law while special attention should be paid to digital monitoring of all cases. Additional IG Investigation Fayyaz Ahmed Dev, DIG Hussain Habib Imtiaz Gul along with JSSP delegation members were also present.
(Handout No. 29)
Nayab Haider
Director Public Relations
Punjab Police
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