PESHAWAR: IGP Salahuddin Khan Mehsud has directed the district police officers to personally supervise various IT-based initiatives of the department including identity verification system (IVS), criminal record verification system (CRVS) and vehicle verification system (VVS).

The directives were issued during a conference of district police officers here on Monday that discussed community policing, search operations and other law and order related matters.

According to a statement, the conference was chaired by IGP Salahuddin Khan Mehsud. Besides DPOs, heads of special branch, counter-terrorism, headquarters and investigation branches also attended the conference.

The police chief directed the DPOs to personally supervise and monitor various IT-based initiatives of the department including identity verification system (IVS), criminal record verification system (CRVS) and vehicle verification system (VVS) as the said IT tools were effective in apprehending suspicious persons, criminals, proclaimed offenders, suspected and stolen vehicles etc.

Police chief orders review of security arrangements for foreign projects

The IGP also highlighted importance of community policing and directed officials to associate the members of public liaison councils for collection and verification of tenants in their respective areas. He said that they should be also involved in search and strike operations.

The police chief also directed the officials to carry out search operations to purge the settled areas of militant sleeper cells and their facilitators. He stressed the need for surveillance of persons on Schedule IV list through monthly attendance in the police stations, maintenance of their history sheets, monitoring of their activities and ascertaining their means of subsistence etc.

The working of CIA police pickets established at the jails throughout the province was also reviewed during the meeting. These pickets have been established for surveillance of people involved in commission of offences against property.

The officials were also directed to visit all educational institution, hospitals and other sensitive and important installations in their respective areas and personally review the adopted security measures.

The participants were directed to review security arrangements for foreign projects by personally visiting the sites and taking measures in professional manner in consultation with the special branch. The DPOs were asked to make more effective the public service delivery projects like PAS, PAL and DRCs in their districts and review their performance on monthly basis.

Published in Dawn, November 13th, 2018