Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab, Inam Ghani, on Thursday said that providing human resources and other facilities to the In
vestigation Wing is one of his top priorities to improve the quality of in
vestigation.
The police chief said reliance on the effective use of technology and forensic skills is being increased to make crime eradication more fast-track along with increasing capacity building of in
vestigation officers. IGP gave these instructions while presiding over a meeting held at the Central Police Office here in Lahore to improve the in
vestigation matters. The meeting reviewed in detail the issues related to the establishment of UNIS, Unit In
vestigation Support and it
s operations.
The meeting was attended by Additional IG Operations Punjab, Sahibzada Shehzad Sultan, DIG In
vestigation Lahore, Sharaq Jamal, DIG Legal, Jawad Mehmood Dogar, DIG R&
D, Shahid Javed, DIG IT, Waqas Nazir, DIG Operations Punjab, Sohail Akhtar Sukhera and other officers.
During the meeting IG Ghani said that all available resources should be utilized to further empower and strengthen the SPs in
vestigation in all the districts of the province while all possible facilities including nuffree (police personnel) and resource
s to SPs In
vestigation for fulfillment of professional affairs effic
iently should be given on priority basis.
He further said that a feasibility report on the establishment of “UNIS, Unit In
vestigation Support” to assist the in
vestigating officers in all the districts of the province should be prepared soon so that the steps in this regard could be finalized.
He said that “Unit In
vestigation Support” would work under SP In
vestigation in each district while the head of UNIS, Unit In
vestigation Support should be at least an officer of the rank of Inspector. “Unit In
vestigation Support” will have close coordination with the in
vestigating officers and implement the SOPs issued by them regarding the in
vestigation department and implement the SOPs which are neglected due to overwork, so that the in
vestigating officer can prepare strong challans and present them in the courts and the culprits can be given severe punishments.
He appreciated the proforma files of the in
vestigation SOPs prepared by the Rawalpindi Police and ordered to start its pilot project from Lahore.
During the meeting, IG Punjab was briefed about the ongoing programs for establishing professional matters of in
vestigation on modern technology. On this, IG Punjab said that it was his duty to transform Punjab Police into an operational as well as in
vestigation centric force and for this vision, steps are being taken on priority basis. He directed the In
vestigation Branch Punjab to carefully review the proforma files of SOPs related to serious crimes of Rawalpindi police and if there is any scope for shortcomings, it should be rectified immediately and implemented in other districts of the province. Steps should be taken on priority basis to improve the professionalism of in
vestigation based on modern technology, he added. The IG ordered that a working paper on the establishment of UNIS, Unit In
vestigation Support should be prepared and presented in the meeting next week so that its recommendations could be finalized after careful review.