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Central Police Office, Punjab 1 ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT 2014-15 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter No. Title Page No. Vision, Mission& Values 4 Foreword 5 1) Police Organization 6 2) Finance 10 3) Establishment 14 4) Training 21 5) Welfare 29 6) Internal Discipline & Accountability 32 7) Research & Development 37 8) Legal Affairs Division, CPO 39 9) E-Policing 47 10) The Punjab Police Sports board 53 11) Investigation 56 12) Punjab Highway Patrol 66 13) Punjab Constabulary 69 14) Elite Police Force 75 15) Telecommunications & Transport 78 16) Traffic 87 17) Special Branch 96 18) Counter Terrorism Department 108 19) Reforms in Punjab Police 123 20) Law & Order 134 21) Challenges, Constraints and Future Plans 138 * Acronyms 142 * Organizational Activities 143 3 VISION “Transformation of Punjab Police into a thoroughly professional and service oriented Force, accountable to people.” MISSION “Dynamic and effective law enforcement with service to the community.” VALUES “Impeccable integrity, courage, loyalty, fairness, professionalism, trust, accountability and service to the community.” 4 FOREWORD The policing pledge of Police Department is to protect life, property and liberty of citizens, ensure justice and fair play, ensuring fair investigation, respect for human rights, guidance and assistance for citizen particularly vulnerable groups, torture free environment, relief work in emergencies and natural calamites/national disasters, promote amity. And never allow personal feelings, prejudices or friendship to influence decision making, maintain self restraint during law & order situations and avoid unnecessary excessive use of force. The immediate change in police culture seems to be a lengthy process, yet the current police command is committed to transform the Punjab Police into a thoroughly professional, accountable and service oriented department to secure an effective law & order environment according to the aspiration of the people. We are grateful to the Honorable Chief Minister of Punjab, for generous allocation of resources for implementing reform and improving the ability of Police to combat crime and making it a more effective organization. Sd/- (MUSHTAQ AHMAD SUKHERA) Inspector General of Police/PPO, Punjab 5 Chapter No. 1 POLICE ORGANIZATION Punjab being the biggest province of Pakistan has the largest Police Force in the Country comprising 1,79,921 personnel including nine Regional Police Officers, four City Police Officers, one Capital City Police Officer and thirty-five District Police Officers. The other field formations working under the Central Police Office, Punjab areInvestigation, Punjab Highway Patrol (PHP), Traffic, Elite, Special Branch, Counter Terrorism Department (CTD)and Punjab Constabulary. Here is a brief of Punjab Province from Police point of view. Police Profile Population 90 million Police Strength 179921 Area 205,344 km2 Annual Crime 383,379 Police/Population ratio 1:529 Police Rules Standard 1:450 The Punjab Police operates under the Police Order 2002 and the Police Rules of 1934 which will remain operative till the new rules are framed. The Inspector General of Police is ex-officio secretary to the Government of Punjab. He has administrative and financial powers of the Secretary to the Provincial Government with total autonomy in operational, administrative and financial matters subject to the policy, oversight and guidance given by the Chief Minister. Central Police Office issituated at Lahore has a number of functional units i.e., Finance and Welfare, Establishment, Investigation, Operations, Training, Research & Development, Punjab Constabulary, PHP,CTD, Traffic, etc. These units report to the Inspector General of Police through their respective Additional Inspectors General of Police. The Regional Police Officersreport to the Inspector General of Police directly and they do not form part of the Central Police Office. POLICE STRENGTH IGP Addl. DIG AIG/SSP/SP ASP/ DSP Insp. S.I/ASI Traffic HC/Const. IGP Insp./L Warden 1 14 37 258 810 2950 21443 6850 145026 The Government has spent huge money in order to inculcate functional specialization in the police department as well as equipping the police with necessary hardware. Creation of the Punjab Highway Patrol and traffic-warden setup are some worth mentioning initiatives in the recent past. State of art Forensic Science Laboratory have been established where crime scene unit has also been established for 6 collection of evidence and DNA testing. Cyber Crime Unit at provincial level and IT experts at district level are also being created for the improvement of the quality of investigation. For improvement of Human Resource Management and capacity building of the force capacity and quality of training institutes are being updated. Punjab police has also reorganized Special Branch and Counter Terrorism Department. Rising population, worsening economic conditions, un-employment, economic disparities, terrorism and deteriorating social fabric have adverse impact on crime situation. Therefore, the main priorities of Punjab Police are maintenance of Law and Order, prevention and detection of crime, especially terrorism, suicide bombing and sectarianism. Punjab police is committed to the principles of justice, equality, integrity, fairness and respect for human rights and law enforcement inconformity with international norms and best practices. Police Rule 2.2 gives a formula for calculating the police strength which is based on the crime increase and population increase in the respective police station/district. It clearly states that for working police population ratio in urban areas/towns with a population of 30000, the total strength of police in each case should not exceed one constable for 450 inhabitants. Local conditions, such as the volume of commercial activity, the importance and frequency of fairs and festivals, the general criminality of the neighborhood and the like must be considered. But in actual practice recruitment is carried out whenever vacancies occur in the existing strength of the respective police establishment or whenever the government sanctions new posts in different ranks. The strength of Police personnel is not commensurate with the multifarious duties that police has to perform in the prevailing law and order situation in the province. For this police strength for each unit needs to be worked out again to meet the challenges. SPECIAL PROTECTION UNIT Special Protection Unit, Punjab was established for the security of Foreign Nationals / especially Chinese and Projects. SPU has not its own manpower. Presently 2242 police personnel have been attached from different districts with Special Protection Unit Punjab are providing security to the Chinese on ten projects in the Punjab. There are 62 Public and 100 Private projects in Punjab Province. Moreover, the recruitment of 2609 Police Personnel for SPU has been approved by the Chief Minister Punjab which is under process. The main object of creating Special Protection Unit is to provide security cover to the foreign nationals especially Chinese working on different public and private projects to avoid any untoward situation. It is further stated that a summery has been moved to Chief Minster Punjab for the approval of new recruitments of SPU personnel which will be deployed on above said projects in Punjab. LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS According to Standing Order No. 01/2015, Legislative Business Branch, CPO was established vide letter No. 425/Exect-III, dated 06.02.2015 andthe job descriptions of AIG/Legislative Business were designed which are as under:- 7 i. Dealing with Assembly Business: National Assembly, Senate and Punjab Assembly through prompt reports and personal attendance if and when required. ii. Co-ordination with all field and other offices in this regard. iii. Preparation of answers/reports on different issues raised in the assemblies. iv. Preparation of law & order brief in co-ordination with all concerned for provincial assembly discussion on the subject. v. Preparation/collection of data about the working of police and assist the government. vi. Any other tasks assigned by IGP / Addl: IGP Operations and DIG/I&V. Since establishment of Legislative Business Branch, 258 references of different categories received from Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, National Assembly of Pakistan and Senate of Pakistan have been disposed of. Detail of these references is as under:- Provincial Assembly of the Punjab i. Starred and Un-Starred Assembly Question (68) ii. Call Attention Notice (CAN) (70) iii. Adjournment Motion (AM) (28) iv. Privilege Motion (PM) (15) v. Resolution (Res) (20) National Assembly of Pakistan i) Starred and Un-Starred Assembly Question (37) Senate of Pakistan i) Starred and Un-Starred Question (20) Total= (258) ORGANOGRAM OF CENTRAL POLICE OFFICE 8 *********** 9 Chapter No. 2 FINANCE 1) Finance Branch is headed by AIG/ Finance who supervises Finance, Accounts and Audit units of the Punjab Police. Finance Branch deals with preparation and distribution of Budget. There are two types of Budget i.e. Permanent Budget and Temporary Budget which based on SNE (Schedule of New Expenditure) and Supplementary Grants . Permanent Budget is to meet the requirement of Permanent staff, Whereas, Temporary Budget is demanded/allocated against temporary/SNE Schemes and further requirements which have not demanded through regular budget. There are 11 functional heads under which Budget demands for a financial year are received from various Police Formations, Regions, Police