Sahiwal District Police Officer (DPO) Ghulam Mubashir Mekan introduced a community policing initiative directing 17 station house officers (SHOs) to visit mosques in their jurisdictions during Friday prayers.
DPO released written notices regarding community policing in the first week of August. SHOs visited mosques on Friday.
Acc0rding to a private media outlet, DPO said that community policing will improve interaction between police officers and the citizens who were often shy of reporting their concerns to the police.