Staff Reporter
Punjab Inspector General of Police Inam Ghani said that despite serious threats posed by corona, police force is engaged in protection of life, honour and property of the common devotedly. Officers and jawans should ensure SOPs for prevention of corona at any cost.
The IG Police said that all the officers posted in police stations, offices and field duty should consider the facemask as an integral part of the uniform while the supervisory officers themselves would go out in the field and review the ongoing efforts and measures to prevent corona.
IG Police Inam Ghani expressed the views during a video link conference of all RPOs of the province on Friday.
He said that all possible support should be provided to the district administration and other agencies for the implementation of government SOPs issued for restaurants, parks, markets and shopping malls so that the citizens could be protected from this virus as much as possible.
The IG Police said that no effort should be spared in the welfare of the officers and personnel suffering from corona during duty while there should be no interruption in the supply of face masks, hand sanitizers and other precautionary items to the personnel.
He further said that all possible cooperation should be extended to all the concerned agencies including the district administration in taking action against those who do not follow the government orders regarding smart lockdown.
He added that all available resources should be used for the security arrangements of Christian places of worship on the occasion of Easter, while CCTV cameras, walk-through gates and metal detectors must be used for the security of sensitive churches.
He called for increased patrols of dolphins, Peru and other patrolling forces in the vicinity of sensitive churches, and said that on Easter, supervisory officers should themselves go in the field to check not only security arrangements but also corona SOPs and also pay special attention for its proper implementation.
Additional IG Establishment Azhar Hameed Khokhar, Additional IG Welfare and Finance Farooq Mazhar, Additional IG Investigation Fayyaz Ahmed Dev, Additional IG Operations Sahibzada Shehzad Sultan, DIG Welfare Agha Muhammad Yousuf, DIG IT Waqas Nazir , DIG R&D Shahid Javed and DIG Operations Sohail Sukhera and other officers were also present on this occasion.
