Punjab Police ensured foolproof security arrangements in all the districts of the province including the provincial capital on the occasion of Election 2024, at all the polling stations and sensitive places of the province, Punjab police personnel remained on high alert and performed their duties very diligently, full security was provided to all the voters, polling staff, citizens due to which the polling process continued in a peaceful and transparent manner throughout the province.
Punjab police personnel helped the disabled and elderly people who came to the polling stations to cast their votes. IG Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar said that more than 1 lakh 30 thousand officers and personnel, including women personnel, performed election security duties. All control rooms of the Punjab Police established at the provincial, regional and district levels reviewed the election process and all the situations moment by moment. More than 32 thousand CCTV cameras were used to monitor the election process, While RPOs, CPOs, DPOs remained present in the field and kept reviewing the security and traffic arrangements.
IG Punjab said that for the general elections, effective measures have been taken to maintain the flow of traffic on all highways and public places. Indiscriminate actions were taken against display of weapons, aerial firing, fighting, sabotaging the election process and violation of Article 144. IG Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar said that Punjab Police has ensured measures under comprehensive strategy for election security and the police officers remained in contact with all institutions including security agencies.
