Security personnel stand guard ahead of the start of a cricket match, outside the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. — AFP/File
LAHORE: CCPO Lahore Bilal Siddique Kamyana chaired a performance review meeting of Civil Lines and City Divisions at his office on Thursday.
CCPO ordered a strict crackdown against motorcycle thieves, mobile snatchers and directed to ensure effective action against criminal elements, extortionists, miscreants and qabza mafia. He warned the SHOs of Race Course, Garhi Shahu, Lytton Road, Shalimar and Lower Mall police stations to improve their performance. He asserted that departmental action will be taken against the officer who does not perform.
He also ordered intelligence-based combing operations against the criminals and issued instructions to nab the absconding criminals involved in serious cases. Similarly, recovery from the criminals should also be ensured. Kamyana directed the divisional officers to visit the police stations of their respective divisions regularly and ensure that there is no pending applications in any police station. CCPO said that SHOs should take legal action on the applications of the citizens. He warned that illegal detention, abuse of authority and ill-treatment of citizens will not be tolerated. He further said that the police officers and officials should professionally perform their duties and this will help a lot in the image building of police institution.
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