Fake police shootouts will not be tolerated in any case and policemen, who are found involved in taking innocent lives, will face full might of the law, Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Ahmed Raza Tahir said on Tuesday.
He was talking to citizens belonging to various walks of life at the Capital City Police Headquarters.
An erroneous impression should not be created, due to any individual or collective action by police, that the department is anti-people but a powerful impression should be created that police are always ready to sacrifice their lives to ensure protection of life and property of the masses, the CCPO added.
He urged all segments of society to extend their full cooperation and solidarity with law enforcement agencies in order to bring law and order in the city under control. Tahir informed citizens that a well-coordinated and comprehensive strategy has been adopted to control crime in the city, whereas, professional training of police is being further enhanced in order to make policing even more effective.
The CCPO said that the Lahore Police is utilising the latest technology in order to control crimes, which has borne positive results and police have achieved great success in controlling serious crimes, including kidnapping-for-ransom.
He informed citizens that effective steps are being taken to control street crimes and policemen are being imparted with the latest training and equipment.
Tahir said that strict instructions have been given to policemen to ensure prompt registration of FIRs without any
delay and asked citizens to contact him, if their FIRs are not being registered due to some reason.
Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) said that protection of life and property of all law-abiding citizens is the foremost duty of police and it should be ensured and implemented with missionary zeal.
He ordered Lahore Police to take timely legal action on any information provided by people and if any official is found negligent in this regard, he would face stern departmental action.
