FAISALABAD, June 7: Citizen-Police Liaison Committee district chief Saqib Shahzad has announced installation of a chain of closed-circuit televisions in all police stations and busy areas in Faisalabad city.

At a news conference on Wednesday, the CPLC head and executive members — Junaid Riaz Banth, Ahmad Raza Bhalli and Sheikh Waheed — said the committee had installed 59 Static Video Cameras and Speed Dome Cameras at Clock Tower, D-Ground, People’s Colony, railway station and various worship places for security.

It had also chalked out a comprehensive surveillance programme to be carried out at a cost of Rs10 million under which more cameras would be installed at various places and the focal points leading to the city.

He said three top consultancy companies were being engaged to complete the installations within two months. These gadgets, he said, would have connectivity with Rescue-15 and central control rooms and record movements within a radius of 30 kilometres.

He said the CPLC settled 919 cases through arbitration out of 989 cases during the last three years. The total recovery touched Rs84.5 million.

He further said the CPLC had provided 200 wireless sets, 50 motorcycles and other traffic police equipment to the police for patrolling. Moreover, Rescue-15 of D-Ground, People’s Colony, and Ghulam Muhammadabad had been provided with ambulances, wireless communication equipment, cars and motorcycles, besides video surveillance apparatus.

He said the ground breaking of Rescue-15 on the Canal Road near Kashmir Bridge will be performed on Friday (tomorrow).

Highlighting the committee achievements, he said during the last five years, the CPLC had converted the People’s Colony, Gulberg, Sargodha Road and Khurrianwala police stations into ‘model’ stations.

The CPLC in collaboration with an NGO would arrange a comprehensive training course for the local police officers, he said, adding the training of the first batch of 20 officers would start within a fortnight.

There was also a plan to shortly start a driving school to help the intending people and properly train them. It would be a professional school of international standard and only those passing the test at this school would be issued computerised driving licenses.