Police reforms to help remove impression of corruption: IGP

Sindh police chief IGP Ghulam Nabi Memon on Wednesday said that brining reforms to the police department is his top priority, adding that improving policing would help remove the impression of corruption in the department.

Officials said Memon was addressing a certificate distribution ceremony organised for the accountant course for Head Muharrir at the Central Police Office (CPO). He congratulated the 90 police personnel who completed the 16th to 22nd Batch of Accountants and Head Officers of Sindh Police, and wished them good luck.

He said the trained head officers of the account course should be assigned responsibilities to look after the financial arrangements at all the police stations of Karachi. He added that after Karachi, all arrangements should be ensured to extend the training course and session of accountants and head officers to other districts of the province.

The IGP said that the purpose of allocating and distributing the budget of police stations is to make the police stations financially independent and ensure effective policing measures. He said improvement in the Sindh police through reforms is his top priority. “We have to move forward as a team in this regard,” he pointed out. He also said that the budget of the offices of senior officers has been effectively cut to make the police stations financially independent.

He added that with modernisation or change of policing, the impression of corruption in the police department would be removed, and the graph of complaints of administrative or financial injustices and mismanagement in the police department would go down. “It’s my wish that the best reforms, improvement and welfare of the police should be ensured,” he stressed. Later, he inaugurated the new official website of the Sindh Police, and the updated version of the attendance application.

The updated version of the Sindh Police Attendance Application (PointMe), and the new official website of the Sindh police created by the media wing were inaugurated during a meeting at

the CPO.

The media cell’s DIG and SSP gave a detailed briefing on the features of the updated PointMe, and the inauguration and objectives of the Sindh police website respectively. The updated PointMe is equipped with facilities such as messages, voice messages and video messages, and with its help, the police attendance system has been strengthened as well as access to the instructions of the higher officers to their subordinates.

Officials said that the purpose of updating the application is to keep them informed about measures like welfare of police personnel and other important issues. Through it, security instructions on important events, festivals and other occasions will be transmitted to the relevant police officials at a fast pace.

Moreover, notifications for all police personnel, staff ranks and special units can also be issued from the website and with the implementation of PointMe, the Talaash app and the S4 system. “We have entered the era of modern policing,” said the IGP. “We have to make policing easy, people-friendly and effective with our technological capabilities and modern technologies.”

In the evening, the police chief held another meeting on the recruitment policy. Officials said the high-level meeting discussed the complaints received against the elements who cheated the candidates during the recruitment process in the Sindh Police Department, and immediate and timely police measures in this regard.

The Special Branch DIG said that around 90 people from different districts have been identified in the recruitment process against whom police action is being taken. IGP Memon said that the elements who pretend to be employed should be dealt with with an iron hand and no concession should be given to them.

He said the Special Branch should gather more concrete information against such elements through research and information, while the DIGs and SSPs concerned should also ensure strict legal action against such elements. “Register cases against those involved.”

He added that this time the highest recruitment in the history of the country is going to be carried out in the Sindh police, as around 25,000 posts would be filled in different departments and ranks in phases at provincial level, and these recruitments are 20 per cent of the manpower available with the Sindh police.

Memon said the provincial government and the police are committed to making the recruitment process transparent, impartial and meritorious. He said the candidates seeking police recruitment should start preparing, as they would have to go through a tough, laborious and long examination process.