Police reforms in KPK

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256 police vehicles made bulletproof in K-P



The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government helped police make 256 of their vehicles bulletproof, Express News reported on Tuesday.

These vehicles will be used for local operation as well as by special squad.

The K-P police had earlier requested the provincial government to make their vehicles bullet-proof as policemen were often targeted in the province specially in areas such as Budhber and Mattani.

The move was aimed at providing sufficient protection to police vehicles and to reduce casualties.

Forty single-cabin vehicles and 13 double-cabin vehicles were made bulletproof in Peshawar, 37 vehicles were made bullet proof in Mardan, 18 in Nowshera, 16 each in Charsadda and Swabi, and 13 in Kohat.

Earlier, the telecommunication and transport branch of K-P police had completed installing armoured plates in 256 pickup trucks to protect them against roadside bomb attacks. The option to make the vehicles bullet-proof was also considered, but was later dropped as armoured plating was more cost-effective. Around 204 single-cabin and 52 double-cabin pickups were installed with steel plates.

256 police vehicles made bulletproof in K-P – The Express Tribune

 

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Two School of Investigation have also started educating KP Police OFFICIALS on Pakistan Army STANDARDS in Pesh & Abbt

 

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KP police ask government to regularise non-custom paid vehicles

Expressing concern over tens of thousands of non-custom paid vehicles in Malakand division and other parts of the province and Fata, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police has asked the provincial government to regularise these vehicles.



In a letter to the provincial government, Khyber Pakh-tunkhwa Inspector General of Police (IGP) Nasir Khan Durrani demanded immediate attention to the non-custom paid vehicles as these posed serious threat to the law and order in KP and all over Pakistan.



“Despite the reported extension of Customs Act 1969 to Malakand Division and Fata, the Act has not been enforced in these areas. Resultantly, these areas have become the safest and most lucrative destination for the non-custom paid vehicles. These are being smuggled into Pakistan from Afghanistan. It has also been observed that these non-custom paid vehicles do not remain confined to these areas and are in fact smuggled into the mainland,” said the letter sent by the IGP to the chief secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.



The letter added that these vehicles are smuggled into Pakistan and are therefore, devoid of formal documentation including proof of ownership. Presently, these vehicles are neither inspected by the Customs authorities nor registered by the concerned Excise offices. Both the customs and excise departments have their offices in Malakand Division.



“This unregulated and undocumented use of non-custom paid vehicles is being manipulated by miscreants, thereby posing serious threats to law and order in the province and the entire country. As there is no mechanism for ascertaining and verifying the ownership of such vehicles, these are increasingly being used by the militants and criminals,” said the letter.



The letter noted that this made it difficult for the police to investigate and apprehend the miscreants and criminals who use non-custom paid vehicles for subversive activities. It said investigation into a number of terrorist activities in the province in general and Malakand Division in particular revealed that the vehicles being used by the miscreants are mostly unregistered and non-custom paid.



“According to the record of Malakand Police, around 23,000 non-custom paid vehicles were brought to Malakand Division excluding Malakand District during 2013,” said the dispatch.



In order to document these vehicles in Malakand Division and for identification purposes in case of involvement in any criminal activity or traffic violations, the provincial government in 2002 directed the Malakand Police to incorporate these vehicles in the record of local police stations.



“The Customs Department should have some sort of mechanism in Malakand Division and Fata to check whether the non-custom paid vehicles have entered the country through prescribed procedure and to take legal action against all such vehicles that do not possess proper proof of ownership by enforcement of Customs Act in these areas,” said one of the proposals made by the police.



The police also suggested that instead of the Police Department, the Provincial Excise & Taxation Department may be tasked to undertake the registration of non-custom paid vehicles in Malakand Division. It added that the concerned political agents should also evolve a mechanism for registration of non-custom paid vehicles in Fata.



“The Provincial Excise & Taxation Department/Political Agents must ascertain the ownership of the vehicle before registering it and should register a vehicle only after running a background check from the Excise & Taxation Departments of other province,” suggested the KP Police.



It said the Provincial Excise & Taxation Department/Political Agents must issue a registration number and registration book after verification of its ownership/documents. “The Provincial Excise & Taxation Department/Political Agents should share the details of all such vehicles with the law-enforcement agencies and Excise Departments of other provinces so these cannot be transferred to any unauthorised customer,” the letter suggested.



The letter asked the provincial government to approach the federal government to constitute a joint committee to examine the proposals and take appropriate measures.

KP police ask government to regularise non-custom paid vehicles - thenews.com.pk

 

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Police to ensure three-layered security during Muharram

Reviewing security arrangements to maintain peace during Muharram in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Inspector General of Police Nasir Khan Durrani has directed the district police officers (DPOs) to make security zones and adopt three-layered security to frisk everyone entering any imambargah or joining a procession to avert any untoward incident.

The IGP also asked them to instantly register an FIR against anyone found violating the law. He asked the officials to also keep the organisers and volunteers updated on these points.

Mr Durrani issued these directives to the police officers after he was briefed on the security plan for coming Muharram at the Central Police Office here on Wednesday, according to a press release.

All DPOs briefed the police chief with the help of maps and charts about the security plan for Muharram in their respective districts. Additional IGPs and regional police officers (RPOs) also attended the meeting.

High-level meeting reviews measures to maintain peace in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The IGP directed the police officers to perform Muharram duty with wisdom and conduct intelligence-led search and strike operation with special focus on proclaimed offenders and militants in their respective areas.

He pointed out that police would perform its duty as a frontline force and no loopholes would be allowed in the security arrangements. He directed the participants to take effective measures for ensuring sectarian harmony during Muharram.

The DIGs and DPOs were directed to review the security arrangements themselves by visiting the spot in uniform and organise snap checking across the districts with special emphasis on motorcycles having fake or no number plates.

They were also directed for deployment on hilltops and rooftops in sensitive areas and plugging of all streets leading to the imambargahs and making an emergency plan for every procession and carrying out routes sweeping of all the precessions.

The participants were asked to check the routes of processions and sensitive places inside the city through sniffer dogs and depute a bomb disposal unit’s team with every procession of mourners. They were asked to make video recordings of all the processions and strictly discourage provocative speeches and hate literature.

The officers were directed to deploy women police for checking of women mourners. They were also asked to call all the volunteers, get their mobile phone numbers and brief them about the nature of duty.

The police chief made it clear that security arrangements adopted for Muharram would be checked through the special branch and CPO’s team and in case of any lapses the concerned DPO would be held responsible.

The meeting was informed that 2,614 majalis would be held and 426 big and small processions taken out from 245 imambargahs throughout the province during Muharram.

The IGP was briefed about the security plan adopted for peaceful observance of Muharram in different sensitive districts of the province i.e. Peshawar, Kohat, Hangu, DI Khan, Bannu and Haripur. He was informed that Peshawar had 65 imambargahs where 301 majalis would be held and 122 small and big precessions taken out on different days of Muharram.

 

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سوات کی پولیس کے لیے عوام کے گولڈ میڈل


پاکستان بھر میں ہر جگہ لوگ پولیس کے رویوں کا رونا روتے رہتے ہیں لیکن خیبر پختونخوا کے ضلع سوات میں صورتحال کچھ مختلف ہے۔

یہاں پولیس کی جانب سے حالات کی بہتری کے لیے کی جانے والی حالیہ کوششوں کے باعث عوامی حلقوں میں پولیس کو سراہا جاتا ہے اور عوام کی طرف سے پولیس کو بہتر کارکردگی پر گولڈ میڈل اور ہار پہنائے جارہے ہیں، جس سے پولیس فورس کا مورال بلند ہوا ہے۔

اس علاقے میں پولیس کو جنگ جیسی صورت حال کا سامنا ہے اور اس جنگ میں پولیس کی قربانیوں کی فہرست طویل ہے، تاہم دہشت گردی کے خلاف جاری جنگ میں اب بھی پولیس فورس عسکریت پسندوں کا آسان ہدف ہے۔

سوات کے ایس ایس پی انویسٹی گیشن گلزار علی نے بی بی سی کو بتایا کہ ’پولیس پر عوام کی اعتماد کی بحالی ہی پولیس کی جیت ہے۔‘

ان کے مطابق پولیس کی کارکردگی میں پہلے کی نسبت کافی بہتری آئی ہے اور یہی وجہ ہے کہ اب علاقے کے لوگ نہ صرف پولیس پر اعتماد کرتے ہے بلکہ بہتر کارکردگی پر ان کی حوصلہ افزائی بھی کرتے ہیں۔

پولیس پر عوام کی اعتماد کی بحالی ہی پولیس کی جیت ہے۔ یہ پولیس کے لیے اعزاز ہے کہ اب صرف ڈیپارٹمنٹ ہی نہیں بلکہ عوام بھی پولیس کو گولڈ میڈل دے رہے ہیں۔
ایس ایس پی گلزار علی
انھوں نے تحصیل کبل کے علاقے کانجو میں پولیس کے جرائم پیشہ افراد کو گرفتار کرنے کا حوالہ دیتے ہوئے بتایا کہ علاقے کے لوگوں نے اپنے خرچے پر گولڈ میڈل بنا کر تفتیشی افسر کو پہنایا اور بڑی تقریب کا اہتمام کیا جس میں پولیس افسران اور اہلکاروں کو ہار بھی پہنائے گئے۔

ایس ایس پی گلزار علی کے مطابق: ’یہ پولیس کے لیے اعزاز ہے کہ اب صرف ڈیپارٹمنٹ ہی نہیں بلکہ عوام بھی پولیس کو گولڈ میڈل دے رہے ہیں۔‘

دوسری جانب سوات میں سنہ 2013 کی نسبت سنہ 2014 میں جرائم کی شرح میں 30 فیصد اضافہ ہوا ہے جس میں سرکاری اعداد و شمار کےمطابق اب تک قتل کے 69، اقدام قتل کے 54، دہشت گردی کے 15 اور ٹارگٹ کلنگ کے نو واقعات رپورٹ ہوئے ہیں۔

میڈل پانے والے ڈی پی او شیر اکبر
سوات کے باشندوں کی اکثریت جہاں ایک طرف پولیس کی کارکردگی سے مطمئن نظر آتی ہے، تو وہاں کچھ لوگ جرائم کی شرح میں اضافے سے تشویش کا شکار ہیں۔

مینگورہ کے رہائشیوں کا موقف ہے کہ علاقے میں دہشت گردوں کے خلاف اتنا بڑا فوجی آپریشن ہوا، جبکہ پولیس کی استعداد کار بڑھانے کے لیے ان کو جدید تربیت دی گئی، پولیس کو جدید ہتھیار سے لیس کیا گیا اور ان کی نفری بھی بڑھا دی گئی ہے پھر بھی جرائم پیشہ افراد کی کارروائیوں اور دہشت گردی کے واقعات کثرت سے جاری ہیں۔

ان کی وجہ سے لوگ تشویش اور عدم تحفظ کا شکار ہیں۔

ایس ایس پی انویسٹی گیشن گلزار علی نے اس حوالے سے بتایا کہ ’جرائم کی شرح میں اضافے کی بڑی وجہ آبادی کا بڑھنا اور دیگر علاقوں سے لوگوں کی آمد ہے۔ اگر پولیس کی کارکردگی بہتر نہ ہوتی تو آج جرائم کی شرح اس سے بھی زیادہ ہوتی۔‘

حکام کے مطابق دو کروڑ آبادی والے صوبہ خیبر پختونخوا میں 65 ہزار سے زائد پولیس اہلکار تعینات ہیں جو ان حالات میں امن و امان قائم رکھنے کے لیے ناکافی ہیں۔

میڈل حاصل کرنے والے ڈی آئی جی عبداللہ خان

 

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what are the recruitment opportunitys for normal young civilians in KPK Police ?

I heard only ex-army service men can be appointed as instructors ?

 

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what are the recruitment opportunitys for normal young civilians in KPK Police ?

I heard only ex-army service men can be appointed as instructors ?

Instructor jobs are for experienced people in the relevant field.. but you can look up for govt jobs in kppsc and NTS websites..

 

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females police officers being trained in Hangu Police training center, Khyber PK

 

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Women commandos to fight terrorism in KP

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Department has decided to launch its first batch of women police commandoes to extend support to the force in extreme emergency situations, cases of terrorism and to check women’s involvement in crimes in any part of the province.

Similarly, the police department is also about to inaugurate its first special combatant unit (SCU) of 150 commandos to give backing to the police force in serious nature cases like different kinds of human disasters in the province.

This was disclosed by Inspector General of Police, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Nasir Khan Durrani in an exclusive interview with Dawn. He said that the role of women police in crime control could not be ignored, but they were not given due attention in past.

“We have for the first time established women facilitation desks in the police stations to help the female complainants,” he said. The IGP said that the 40-member group of women commandoes would prove helpful in combating terrorism, extremism and normal crimes.

IGP says Peshawar vulnerable from all sides
About the SCU, he said that the personnel, selected from the already existing Elite Force, had been trained on the pattern of Special Services Group of the army to meet challenges.

The special contingent trained as paratroops and in amphibious operations would be equipped with sophisticated weapons which will have at its disposal the quickest possible means of mobility, including a standby helicopter facility, so that it would be available for immediate movement.

“The force can be deployed in any part of the province for sting operations, interdictions, counter-terrorism operations, helicopter and airborne operations and amphibious operations both independently and in support of other police units or law enforcement agencies,” the IGP said.

He said that the cases pertaining to kidnapping for ransom and extortion were carried out by terrorists for raising funds as they had suffered heavily in the military operation ‘Zarb-i-Azb’.

“Tehreek-i-Taliban Mohmand (TTM) has set up headquarters far away on Afghanistan border and the entire process of criminal activities is carried out through Afghan SIMs,” he said, adding that the Khyber Agency-based militant group Lashkar-i-Islam was the main intruder in Peshawar, but police could not chase them in Fata. He hoped that the military operation would help control the crimes in the settled areas as well.

Owing to its geographical location, he said, Peshawar was very vulnerable from all sides where terrorists could easily enter and mix with the population to evade their arrest. He said that in the past there was no law to check the residents of any locality.

However, the incumbent provincial government in consultation with police had approved several laws, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Hotel Restriction (security) Ordinance 2014, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Rent Restriction (security) Ordinance 2014 and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sensitive and Vulnerable Establishments and Places (security) Ordinance 2014, which will help overcome the crimes.

The first two laws are meant to check misuse of the hotels, buildings, houses and shops by obtaining complete data regarding the tenants and all those staying in the hotels. “The main issues were created since the arrival of Afghan nationals as there was no data regarding them which caused the lawlessness.” With the approval of these laws, he said, work on data compilation of the people had been in progress which also helped in checking of crimes.

Referring to the poor investigation process, Mr Durrani said that in the past there were only two training centres – at Kohat and Mansehra – which could not cater to the current needs, but now two new training schools, one each in Malakand and Swabi, were approved to build capacity of the force.

“It is our credit to open one school of investigation at Hayatabad, one school of intelligence in Abbottabad, and four new schools, including the school for explosives handling, school for traffic management, and school for public disorder & riot management, will soon be set up in KP,” he said.

The main reasons for many sabotage acts, he said, were the lack of checking of people at Torkham border, free roaming of non-custom paid vehicles, unchecked Afghans, and excessive use of Afghan SIMs.

The IGP said that SMS complaint system would be inaugurated after Muharram and above all the citizens could personally contact him through SMS anytime.

 

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People-friendly police in KPK

To make people-friendly police, the KPK government has allotted permanent mobile phone numbers to the policemen and made their accounts on social media so that people can contact them easily.

 

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https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=367475536749594

Women desks has been made to facilitate Women of KPK

 

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https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=367418166755331

Reforms in KPK Police - KPK Police has allotted permanent mobile numbers & Social Media accounts to Police officers to get connected with KPK People

 

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Now, you can complain against police online

If you have any complaint against police in any district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa regarding registration of a genuine case, you do not need to write application and go through security barriers for submitting it to the police.

“You just need to send a short text message to the central police office and will get a response within 24 hours,” Sajjad Khan, chief of the police complaint cell, told Dawn during a visit to the cell here on Monday.

He said the initiative had been taken by inspector general of police Nasir Khan Durrani, who would monitor the facility to benefit the complainants, who had no access to the police and faced hardships in lodging their reports.

Read: Online FIR registration procedure announced

According to him, the complaint cell, which is to be formally inaugurated soon, has been established in the central police office, where anyone could send complaints through SMS to be automatically transferred to the computer for print for further action.

Sajjad said the complaint would be forwarded to the relevant district police officer with special directives of the IGP to respond to it within 24 hours otherwise the red light in the complaint cell would continue blinking until the cell didn’t get the response.

He said in the genuine cases, FIRs would be registered without hesitation by the officials concerned to ensure dispensation of speedy justice to the people.

The complaint cell’s chief said police had developed the system to receive public complaints through SMS and to make early coordinated efforts for solution of the issues within the shortest possible time.

He said the service would facilitate the general public to lodge complaints against the police officials and that complaint would be addressed in 24 hours.

Sajjad said a special number i.e. 0315-9007777 had been allocated for the SMS service, which would become functional very soon.

He said besides short message service, the complaints would also be received through different means like fax, telephone, manually, through email and post offices.

The complaint cell’s chief said awareness of the facility would be created to address the people’s problems.

Meanwhile, spokesman for the police Riaz Ahmad said all additional IGPs, DIGs, DPOs and SDPOs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had been given special official cellphone numbers to bring more improvement in close contact with the general public, ensure coordinated efforts against crimes and in-time action to address public complaints.

He said these official mobile numbers in serial had been allocated for the above designated posts.

“In case of transfer of any police officer deployed to designated posts, the mobile number will be automatically transferred to the newly incumbent officer. The special numbers will remain open round the clock to remove the communication gap between the police and the public,” he said.

The spokesman said the step had been taken to effectively bridge the gap between the public and the police to address their complaints and launch coordinated efforts to preempt and prevent crimes.

The official expressed the hope that the step would go a long way in ensuring peace and security in the society.

He said the numbers would be used exclusively for official purpose.

The official said the provincial police had taken a number of steps for better coordination between the public and the police to resolve public complaints and establish a crime-free society.

He said the complaint management cell was in addition to the facility of online FIRs and police assistance line to address public grievances.