RAWALPINDI: The city police officer (CPO) Rawalpindi has expressed concern over the non-implementation of the installation of the e-Gadget Monitoring System in mobile phone shops as per his orders and directed SHOs to ensure its implementation.

The Punjab police have developed a monitoring system in collaboration with the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) to prevent mobile phone theft and ensure the fast recovery of stolen mobile phones. The app can be downloaded from the Android Play Store and the iOS App Store.

According to the police, through the e-Gadget app, people will be able to register themselves easily, and the shopkeepers

will save the IMEI numbers of each mobile phone in the app so that the database of stolen devices can be made available to the police.

The police said that the app will help protect mobile phones, as the FIR of mobile phone theft will automatically be updated on the monitoring app, and police will be alerted immediately.

The CPO Rawalpindi expressed his displeasure to the police for flouting his orders and not ensuring the SOPs of the e-Gadget Monitoring System at mobile phone shops.

He remarked that mobile snatching has been increasing in the district, and more than 4,500 mobile phone shops are registered, but the number of shops having E-Gadget monitoring systems is less than 100.

All the station house officers (SHOs) have been directed to ensure the implementation of the e-Gadget system and report to the CPO.

Published in Dawn, December 4th, 2023