Inspector General of Police Shoaib Dastgir said that a new feature should be incorporated into system to check the progress report of cases present in police station record management system for improving professional duties so that any supervisory officer may seek information regarding registration of case, date of submission of challan, arrest of the accused, details of accused released on bail, number of proclaimed offenders and also details of court decision along with other information with a single click through upgraded system.
These views were expressed by him while chairing an IT related projects session at Central Police Office on Monday. During the session, DIG IT Waqas Nazeer briefed IG Punjab about under process IT projects of Punjab Police and their progress and told that Punjab Police is effectively utilizing information technology in accordance with smart and community policing rules for crime control and public service delivery by which elimination of criminals have been speeded up and it has also improved mutual coordination between police and public.
The IG further said that MD Safe City should be consulted regarding installation of cameras for screening of number plates of vehicles on inter-provincial and inter-districts check-posts and also ensure that detailed record of stolen vehicles is present in this integrated system with the help of these modern cameras on exit and entrance points and red alert should be issued of such vehicle whenever it’s number is read by camera.
He further added that current App of investigation, feature indicating ratio of punishments in henious crimes including murder, dacoity kidnapping on ransom should also be added whereas reason of delay in undertaking of MLC or sending of sample of DNA should also displayed in criminal record management system.
The IG directed said that modern technology should be utilized to the maximum during investigation and elimination of heinous crimes whereas process of upgradation of information based modern IT projects for facilitation and resolution of issues of public in accordance with the modern policing should be continued.
