Sindh police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon said on Friday it is very important to implement the Habitual Offenders Monitoring Act 2022 in order to curb crime and bring criminals to book, which would very useful not only for the stability of peace but also for the society.
He said this at a meeting which he convened to review issues and measures regarding e-tagging of habitual criminals. The meeting was attended by the DIGs of investigation and crime, T&T, headquarters, CIA, and finance, besides the AIGs of operations, admin, and finance, and the IT project director. In a briefing, details of the responsibilities and objectives of the Technical and Rules Sub-Committee were discussed.
IGP Memon directed that further work should be done on the rules of the Monitoring of Habitual Offenders Act and all its objectives be achieved to make it useful for the police and different communities living in the society as soon as possible.
He directed that a committee comprising the DIG T&T, Crime and Investigation, CIA and Investigation should be constituted in this regard. He said any kind of loophole or error should be ruled out by integrating technical support related to e-tagging and regulations for the purchase of equipment.
Memon said that as the chief of the Sindh Police, it is a matter of satisfaction for his that Sindh Police are gradually moving towards modern and modern policing. He directed implementation of the Offenders Monitoring Act. The features of e-tagging include receiving calls and SMS, going to emergency mode and GPS working etc.
He said the criminal monitoring act has been formulated by the government and formally approved. He directed all the participants of the meeting to prepare comprehensive recommendations on all necessary departmental and legal issues for clean and transparent procurement of e-tagging collars and bracelets under SIPRA Rules.
Two committees were earlier constituted in this regard. The first committee will look into technical issues and issues of e-tagging and bracelet and other necessary issues and remove possible obstacles. The second committee will prepare SOPs under all rules and rules under the supervision of a DIG.
IGP Memon said that with the introduction of innovation in policing, the graph of success of the police against criminals will gradually go up. The implementation of the law in letter and spirit will definitely lower the morale of the habitual offenders, and the fear of being caught by the law at all times will continue to be a reality.
Memon said e-tagging, collar and bracelets for habitual offenders and their monitoring will lead to a significant reduction in crimes such as street crime, theft of cars, motorcycles, extortion, robbery, attempt to commit robbery, and serious injury on resistance, sale and sale-delivery of drugs.
Officials said the main monitoring modes and related products are: home custody which ensures that the offender remains at home and is in compliance with a predetermined schedule; restricted zone under which the offender is required to remain in a predefined area as part of the compliance monitoring; forbidden zone where the offender is barred from entering a predefined area as part of the compliance monitoring; victim protection under which the offender must maintain the required separation distance from a person wearing a victim device; electronic ankle bracelet, with its rigid structure, the GeoCities bracelet is particularly robust and less prone to being removed voluntarily or accidentally.
The GPS bracelet can be used as a standalone device and additionally as an RF device. A hybrid mode can also be activated, this allows the bracelet to communicate using RF and change to GPS when an alarm is triggered.
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