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In 1982 the strength was enhanced to 5000 with its contingents at Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Multan & Gujranwala. On 01-02-1987, PRP was renamed as “Punjab Constabulary”. A separate Anti-riot Force was raised as a unit of Punjab Police. [9] The purpose was to build the capacity of police and reduce its dependence on rangers/army.
The Punjab Police operates in the Punjab province. [15] The Dolphin Force deals with street crime. The Elite Police performs counter-terrorism operations. The Police Qaumi Razakars are a support force for the Punjab Police in their duties. [16] [17] Punjab Highway Patrol; Punjab Prisons manage 43 prisons. An officer of the Sindh Police
A seven-year-old child was arrested for kidnapping by Punjab Police in 2015. [8] A 12-year-old was arrested by Punjab Police in Bahawalpur District after they failed to arrest his father, a farmer named in an FIR for disputing the price of sugar cane at a sugar mill. The boy brought his schoolbooks to jail.
Established in 1863 as the Office of the Inspector General of Police, United Provinces under the Police Act, 1861. [7] Uttar Pradesh Police is one of the oldest police departments in the Republic of India, and is the largest police force in the world, having about 68 district police department (excluding 7 commissionerates) in it. [8]
The Elite Police were also extensively involved in neutralizing enemy combatants who had laid siege to the Manawan Police Training School during the 2009 Lahore police academy attacks. Mumtaz Qadri, the bodyguard who shot and killed Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer in Islamabad on January 4, 2011 was a member of the Elite Police. [6]
The Punjab Highway Patrol (Urdu: پنجاب شاہراہ گشت; reporting name: PHP) serves as the safe highways police for all Provincial Highways of Punjab. The PHP patrol the roads to maintain safe highways and prevent crimes from taking place, especially in rural regions of Punjab.
The Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA) (Urdu: پنجاب سیف سٹیز اتھارٹی or PSCA), established under the Punjab Safe Cities Ordinance (law) 2015, [1] is an autonomous government body that aims to improve public safety and security in Punjab, Pakistan.
The origins of the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Punjab can be traced back to a period before 1956 when there existed a modest Anti-Corruption Cell at the provincial level, led by a Superintendent of Police within the Home Department of the Government of West Pakistan. Over time, in 1985, significant reforms were introduced, reorganizing ...