KARACHI: Inspector General of Police Ghulam Nabi Memon on Tuesday said that a special training centre was needed to professionally train private security guards in the province.

He said this while chairing a meeting at the Central Police Office (CPO) about training of guards of private companies. The meeting was attended by All Pakistan Security Agencies Association (APSAA) chairman retired Major Munir Ahmed, officials of the Sindh home department and senior police officers.

The DIG-Security had given a detailed briefing on the Sindh Private Security Agencies (Regulation and Control) Ordinance 2000.

He also informed the meeting about the total number of the private security firms, their strength and functioning.

IGP forms committees to improve SOPs for security firms, identify land for setting up training facility

Mr Ahmed of the APSAA informed the meeting that he wanted quality training of private guards in collaboration with the Sindh government and police.

Speaking on the occasion, the provincial police chief said that there was an urgent need to establish a special training school to improve the quality and training of private security guards, keeping in mind the current requirements.

He added that private security guards should be trained according to international standards and best practices.

The IGP formed a committee, led by DIG-Investigation and comprising AIG-Legal and the Police Training College Saeedabad principal and tasked it to conduct an investigation on the existing laws/standard operating procedures related to security companies and give comprehensive recommendations.

He also established another committee and tasked it to submit comprehensive recommendations about setting up a school for training of guards of private security companies.

The responsibilities of the committee include giving proposals for the training school from land allocation/designation to training, curriculum and other facilities.

Published in Dawn, July 17th, 2024