Turkish model: Punjab to have Dolphin Police unit, says CM

[Edevelop]

LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday announced that a Dolphin Unit would be started in the Punjab Police along the pattern of Dolphin Unit in Turkey.

He said officials would be inducted to the unit on merit.

He said the Dolphin Unit would help eradicate street crime from the province.

He was talking to a delegation of the national police of Turkey. The delegation was led by Mustafa Ozguler.

Matters related to the dolphin unit and an integrated command and control centre were discussed during the meeting.

MPA Shuja Khanzada, inspector general of police, the home secretary and the Punjab Information Technology Board chairman were also present.

Sharif said Pakistan and Turkey had strong cultural ties.

He said that cordial relations between the two countries had developed into stronger economic ties.

He said the cooperation of the Turkish police in setting up the Dolphin Unit and training the Punjab Police was a welcome step which would further cement Pakistan-Turkey relations.

He said a team of the Dolphin Unit would consist of four police officials. He said Turkish police experts would train officials of the Dolphin Unit. He said the dolphin unit would start working at the end the year.

Sharif said Turkish police experts would also prepare master trainers for the training of officials of the Dolphin Unit.

He said the command and control centre in Lahore would be completed along the pattern of the command and control centre in Istanbul.

He said modern equipment would be installed at the centre.

He said the centre would be linked to CCTV cameras installed around the city.

The chief minister said 1,800 spots had been selected for installation of cameras in Lahore. He said command and control centre would also be completed by the end of the year.

Ozguler said the Turkish government was looking forward to working with the Punjab government.

He said all possible cooperation would be extended to the Punjab government for the command and control project and the Dolphin Unit.

Turkish model: Punjab to have Dolphin Police unit, says CM – The Express Tribune

 

[AUz]

Tax-to-GDP ratio of Turkey is around 32% ....ours is 10%

If PML(N) wants to get inspiration from Turkish model, this one number should form the core of that inspiration.

Structural reforms in economic and taxation set up of Pakistan is necessary to realize the real potential of this nation.

 

[Asena_Y]

We have a lot of them in here as well. What do they really do other than involving at accidents and doing some macho things? Or taking a shot with Cristiano Ronaldo? Too sad that Pakistan is in cooperation with the army of Erdoğan. They are not police.

 

[waz]

He doesn't look very intimidating to me. The criminals will just laugh.....

 

[Edevelop]

PC-I of Dolphin patrol force submitted to P&D

The Dolphin patrol force will be modelled after Istanbul’s Dolphin police. —Reuters/file

LAHORE: The Punjab police have submitted the PC-I of Dolphin Force, a state-of-the-art patrol squad modelled after Istanbul’s Dolphin police, to the provincial Planning and Development (P&D) department with an estimated budget of Rs393.58m for technical and critical review of the project- the first-ever expensive police patrol model for the provincial capital.

However, the cost may increase because the Turkish police experts want purchase of 500CC bikes instead of 250CC proposed by the provincial government.

Officials say as the project has been launched on the directions of the chief minister, the P&D will quickly process it to the finance ministry for release of funds.

The trainers, comprising 25 police officers led by a superintendent of police (SP), are leaving for Turkey on March 1 to get two-month training. On their return, they will train 1,200 constables and upper-subordinates selected for the force.

According to the roadmap of the project, being supervised by Turkish police officers, the procurement of equipment is about to complete, institutional arrangements are in process and the project’s implementation will start from March 1 while its inauguration is expected on June 1.

The Dolphin Concept Policing, using motorcycles, was introduced in 1993 in Istanbul and it is fast, effective and cost-efficient as compared to foot and car patrols besides it can access narrow streets and move in heavy traffic.

The objectives of the force in Lahore are to reduce crime, improve police image, eliminate Thana culture, improve citizen satisfaction and reduce fear of crime.

All patrol units will be observed by the Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking, field commanders’ posting will be based on crime and crowd concentration and activities of patrol units will be controlled on a daily basis. The patrol units will be deployed on the basis of crime hotspots and daily and seasonal population movements.

A command centre will be headed by the SP while areas will be bifurcated among Saggian Bridge, Iqbal Town, Harbanspura, Chuhng, Civil Lines and Model Town with 50 motorcycles each.

As many as 1,200 policemen and 25 trainers have been selected from existing police force by a five-member selection committee, comprising two Turkish police officers. The trainers consist of UN volunteers and foreign qualified officers with policing/instructional experience.

The force will comprise of total 1,800 constables, 60 ASIs, 15 SIs, four DSPs and an SP who will work in three shifts with 300 motorcycles. The equipment being raised are 300 motorcycles, 10 mini buses for field support, 600 helmets, 600 camera-body cams, 200 GPS locators and 300 wireless radios. A special uniform will be designed for dolphin patrol officials. Two cops who will patrol roads on a bike will be equipped with helmets with wireless radio, police siren and lights, small arm, handcuffs, GPS tracking device, camera and special uniform.

As per citizen-oriented policing plan, one unit will respond in emergency to at least 30 citizens a day and as many as 100 units will respond to 3,000 people daily with annual average of one million people.

Deputy Inspector General (Operations) Lahore Dr Haider Ashraf says 1,200 cops have been selected and another 600 will be chosen at the later stage. He says Lahore police intends to launch the modernised patrol units as of June 1 with an approach to show round-the-clock presence on roads, prevent everyday crime, act as first-responders, gather intelligence and extend emergency help to citizens.

PC-I of Dolphin patrol force submitted to P&D - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

 

[Edevelop]

Turkish Prime Minister is coming tomorrow or day after tomorrow. I guess this is one of many projects expected to go full steam.