Functions Of Police.docx

Functions of Police The Punjab Police is constituted by the Police Order 2002 and operates under Police Rules of 1934. There is a Central Police Office (CPO) at Lahore which has a number of functional branches like Legal Affairs Division (Legal Branch), Finance & Welfare, Establishment, Operations, Training, Research & Development, etc. These units report to the Inspector General of Police through their respective Additional Inspectors General of Police. The Regional Police Officers report to the Inspector General of Police directly and they do not form part of the Central Police Office (CPO), Punjab. The Inspector General of Police is exofficio secretary to the Government of Punjab. The Punjab Police is staffed by officers of the Punjab Police and the Police Service of Pakistan. Specified forces in Punjab police department:  

Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Criminal Investigation Agency(CIA)

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Special Protection Unit (SPU) Punjab Elite Force Punjab Boundary Force Punjab River Police

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Punjab Traffic Police Punjab Highway Patrol Punjab Dolphin Force

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Counter Terrorism Department (CTD)

'To fight terrorism in all its manifestations' In 1995, the Criminal Investigation Department was formally created and it operates under the CID Manual, 1937. Starting as a small operational unit, it has now developed into a department having its regional offices all over the Punjab. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) was named as Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on 21-07-2010. Creation of Counter Terrorism Force (CTF) within CTD is another landmark initiative. Highly educated corporals (1200 in number) have been inducted and given most modern training with the collaboration of the armed forces and friendly countries. These corporals have been deployed all over the Province to perform their mandated tasks. State of the art gadgetry and equipment have been provided to CTD and its infrastructure is being improved. Role of the police in counterterrorism is extraordinary which warrants a set of extraordinary structural reformations to police as an institution. Role of police, as compared to enhanced law enforcement agencies, is on a strategic level and as a law enforcement agency of first instance whereby contact with any terrorist activity, through intelligence or operationally, would be with police before any counterterrorist forces are deployed for securitization. Counterterrorism is an institutional terminology which usually entails six core elements; 1.

proper intelligence information to identify strike patterns and/or targets 2. activation of relevant preempting forces charged with averting a terrorist threat, if aversion is not possible then to interrupt any said terrorist threat by means of force or other means necessary 3. to contain the damage and collateral whether a terrorist activity succeeds or miscarries 4. maintenance of a congenial environment for further intelligence and information collection and to allow reprisal operations on said intelligence once verified to further preempt any imminent threats. 5. Within this arrangement, police remain an imperative unit in both preempting any terrorist threat and in calculating intelligence for further action 6. Contemporary role of police is not suitable to police sufficient operational and technical leverage over the counterterrorism policy and where police as a department is further distributed into forces that are actually purpose built for rendering counterterrorism services, police department as a whole requires structural amendments to suit coming threats. Counterterrorism requires an intricately patterned institutional framework where all institutions are not only structured to operate autonomously but also to provide credence and credibility to the operations as a whole and any institution if taken selectively, would result in fractures in the counterterrorism framework and would lead to ambiguities that can be tactically and strategically dent counterterrorism Functions     

Collection, collation & dissemination of information Sectarian activists, Militants, Terrorists & Deeni Madaris Afghan Trained Boys (ATBs), Returned Afghan Prisoners (RAPs)/Activists on 4th Schedule of Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) Sectarian & Terrorism suspects Future trends on Terrorism. 

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Criminal Investigation Area:

The Investigation Branch, Punjab is a specialized investigation agency that carries out investigations of complex and contested cases. It is also the primary agency for collection of crime statistics and briefs from the whole province. It analysis the data collected and disseminates its report on incidence, detection and prosecution of criminal cases.it is also makes spatial and temporal studies of crime partners and coordinates inter-district and inter-province crime prevention and investigation efforts. It also houses the Finger Print Bureau, the largest repository of finger print records in the country. 

Punjab River Police:

Attack on some important national installations, the Attock district police have revisited their security plan, which focuses on checking entry of terrorists from Khyber Paktunkhawa (KP). They intensified riverine patrolling at all points of Indus River which connects it with KP, it has been learnt.

The 80-km-long border area with KP, including Indus river and mountainous belt, passes through this district from Ghorghusti village of Hazro tehsil to Mukhad village of Jand tehsil. Hardened criminals use this difficult terrain for their inter-provincial movement, sources said. In pursuance of such directives, a police team led by the district police officer (DPO) Abdul Kadir Qamar visited Khushalgarh, Mukhad and Injra in this regard, sources disclosed. He also inspected riverine police posts of the district at Bagh Neelab, Mukhad, Jaba, Formuli, and Shadipur villages. Boats fitted with latest surveillance gadgets were recently provided to the Attock police for patrolling of Indus River, sources added.DPO Mr Kadir told Dawn that district police had already been on high alert especially at all entry points of the district. Meanwhile the security of sensitive defence installations of Attock including Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Kamra, PAF Base Kamra, Pakistan Ordnance Factory Sanjwal and Army Regimental centers have also been beefed up.Moreover, the security of Attock jail was also tightened and special police pickets were established at different points of Jail Road. 

Special Protection Agency

Special Protection Unit (SPU) was created on 23.10.2014 as a dedicated unit for the security of foreigners working at different projects of national importance in the Province. Protection of the premises and important persons notified by Provincial Police Officer, the persons on high risk as notified by the Government of Punjab or IGP/PPO also falls in the ambit of SPU as per SPU Act 2016. 3336 Security Constables, 187 drivers, 20 wireless operators, 244 Ex-Army personnel in the rank of Senior Security Constable to Chief Security Officer and 7 Ex-Army Officers in the rank of Additional Director & Deputy Director were recruited in SPU. Keeping in view the job requirement, security constables were imparted 06 months rigorous training in 04 police training schools of the Province by the professional trainers. Presently, 3829 Officers and Jawans of SPU along with 2552 attached personnel from districts are providing foolproof security day and night to 7567 Chinese working at 04 CPEC and 27 non CPEC projects in the Province. They are also providing security to the Chinese residing at 70 residences and 24 camps in the Province. The Punjab government has decided to raise two more battalions of the Special Protection Unit (SPU) of the police to further strengthen security around foreigners, including Chinese experts working on different development projects in the province. Functions:  The Unit shall ensure protection of foreigners, important persons and premises as may be notified by the Provincial Police Officer.  Subject to section 6, the Provincial Police Officer may, by general or special order, extend the services of the Unit to a private or public sector organization on such payment and in such manner as may be prescribed. 

Punjab Elite Force:

Elite Police is the highly trained special force that assists district police in situations that need expertise with high-risk searches, raids and rescue operations. The officers in the Elite Police are trained to a high degree of skill in use of firearms, personal combat, and reconnaissance

missions. They are trained at a modern facility, the Elite Training School on Baidian Road Lahore. The Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Elite Police heads the force. The Elite Training Centre had provided training services to more than 40,000 officers and jawans since its establishment. Besides Punjab, police officers and officials from KhyberPakhtunkhwa, Baluchistan, Islamabad police, Pakistan Rangers, Prisons Department, rescue 1122, Railway Police and other law-enforcement agencies got training from the Centre. Functions 

Special Operations Force, Domestic Counter-Terrorism and Law Enforcement.

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Punjab Boundary Force:

The Punjab Boundary Force was an ad hoc military force to restore law and order during the communal carnages of the partition of India in the Punjab. The force was based on the 4th Indian Division and commanded by Maj Gen T.W. Rees.The force was unable to execute its task successfully and it was disbanded so that the newly formed dominion armies of India and Pakistan could take charge of the situation. “The division of India now finally and irrevocably effected. No doubt we feel that the carving out of this great inde-pendent Muslim State has suffered injustices. We have been squeezed in as much as it was possible and the latest blow we have received was the award of the Boundary Commission. It was an unjust, incompre-hensible and perverse award, but we have agreed to abide by it, it may be our misfortune but we must bear up this one more blow with fortitude, courage and hope.”  Punjab Traffic Police: Traffic Police in Punjab has two main components under the current command & control structure. Traffic wardens with grayish blue uniform are performing traffic management in the five City districts i.e. Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Multan & Gujranwala and have been notified as Punjab Traffic Warden Service. Traffic Police Punjab with white shirt & blue trousers are performing duties in the remaining 31 districts. An officer of SSP rank known as Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) is the in charge of Traffic Police in City districts Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Multan & Gujranwala, and are under the operational control of their respective CPOs, whereas in Lahore it is under the administrative and operational control of CCPO Lahore. Functions:  

All Traffic enforcement agencies focus their attention on preventing road accidents. Traffic policing is based on analysis of accident data and targeted to the roads and locations where accidents occur most frequently.

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Traffic police training is meant to create a specialist traffic police force skilled in use of modern enforcement equipment, tactics and strategies. The basic aim is to regulate traffic, enforce traffic laws, issue driving licenses and render help to road users and accident victims. Apart from traffic laws enforcement, traffic police also concentrate on traffic education and inculcate traffic laws and educate public on road safety.

 Punjab Highway Petrol: 'Polite, Helpful, Passionate' The Punjab Highway Patrol serves as the traffic police for all Provisional Highway of Punjab. The PHP patrol the roads to maintain safe highways and prevent crimes from taking place, especially in rural regions of Punjab. Recently, in many districts, some of the patrolling units have also been given the responsibility for imposing tickets for traffic violations. Functions:      

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24/7 Availability team is carrying out patrolling duty on various highways of Punjab to overcome the crime rate and serve the people travelling on highways, round the clock. Patrolling: duties are performed in three 8-hour shifts. On-Spot Help: In case of emergency, on receiving any call from helpline 1124, PHP team reaches at the spot immediately for assistance. Accident Management: Accidents on the highways are managed through proper standard operating procedure (SOP). Removal of Encroachments: Punjab Highway Patrol removes temporary encroachments (22 feet) alongside the roads in addition to the permanent encroachments with the coordination of concerning departments. Traffic Management: In 2004, Punjab Highway Patrol was designed to control road crime on highways and help people in distress. The performance of Punjab Highway Patrol against crime control was appreciated and it was decided to assign traffic management responsibility to PHP as an additional duty. Punjab Dolphin Force:

Dolphin Force is an elite security unit of the Punjab Police to deal with street crime. It was launched by the Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in Lahore in first phase and later in the five other major cities of the province in second phase. 696 policemen were trained in the second phase. Two policemen ride each bike will be equipped with helmets with wireless radio, small arm, handcuffs, GPS tracking device, camera and special uniform (black with contrasting red and white colors). The force will comprise of total 1,800 constables, 60 ASIs, 15 SIs, four DSPs and an SP who will work in three shifts with 300 motorcycles. The equipment will include three hundred 500cc Honda motorcycles, 10 mini buses for field support, 600 helmets, 600 camera-body cams, 200 GPS locators and 300 wireless radios. A special uniform will be worn for dolphin patrol officials.  Street crime rate in Lahore

Despite spending billion on the project and its high operational cost, the crime rate of Lahore soared in early 2016, during start and mid of 2017,only in July, 2017 the crime surged by 13.37% in Lahore. Although the project received continuous funds, however, it was unable to deliver in any form.

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