LAHORE: A new mobile phone application has been launched in Lahore to preserve crime scene within an hour of the incident.

Hundreds of policemen had been trained for collecting evidence in heinous cases within an hour of the incident, said Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Amin Wains on Monday.

The application called “Golden Hour” and its tool kits have been prepared with the collaboration of police investigation wing, Punjab Information Technology Board and a cellular company.

SSP Investigation Rana Ayaz Saleem briefed the participants on the application, saying initially five kinds of crime, namely bomb blasts, murder, robbery-cum-murder, kidnapping for ransom and rape, were included in the golden hour project.

He said all the officers in charge of investigations were directed to reach the crime scene within an hour and cordon off the scene to collect all the evidence, including blood spots, finger prints and explosive material.

The SSP said the investigators had been directed to take photographs and film the crime scene to preserve the evidence and send it the CRO branch through Mobilink 3G service. He said all the heads of investigations, investigating officers and admin officers could access CRO branch to check National Database and Regulatory Authority (NADRA) data, call data, location tracing, record of stolen vehicles, and excise record of registered vehicles, adding that investigation tool kit had been introduced for the application.

DIG Operations Dr Haider Ashraf, SSP Investigation Rana Ayyaz Saleem, SP CIA Umer Virk, divisional SPs, representatives of the Punjab Information Technology Board and Mobilink representatives were present.

WORKSHOP: Training workshops for police officials were held at the Police Training School under the umbrella of Democratic Commission for Human Development and Save the Children on Monday.

The series of workshops was held as part of DCHD campaign against child marriages in Punjab for effective implementation of child specific laws and police role.

Published in Dawn, May 12th, 2015

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