Lahore Police launches first ever official website
Lahore: Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore Additional IG Ghulam Mahmood Dogar has inaugurated the first ever official website of Lahore police today, based on citizens centric policing and community awareness. SSP Discipline Mubasher Makan, SDPO North Cantt ASP Bushra Nisar, other senior police officers and media persons were also present on this occasion. Ghulam Mahmood Dogar informed mediamen that user friendly and one pager layout based website of Lahore Police is upto the international standards with unique features and is supported by a strong anti hacking Drupal CMS mechanism. The website (lahorepolice.gov.pk) has also a functional disability mode in it to facilitate special persons,Ghulam Mahmood Dogar added. The website contains all the information and guidelines for citizens related to different services being provided by Lahore Police. While giving details to the media persons, Ghulam Mahmood Dogar said, with the prospective vision to incorporate digital technology in its systems, Lahore police has digitalized almost all its functions for online and better service delivery. Victims of gender based violence can also directly launch their complaints using this website. He further said that the website has all the details of senior police officers and their contact numbers with ‘ Who We Are’ tab. The website will not only serve the general public through its remarkable features like community policing, public service guidelines, digital systems & applications and Police Facilitation Centres but also facilitate police officials through its unique tab named ‘Information For Police’ which will ensure transparency of internal affairs by regular updating of seniority lists, promotion orders, exams and interview schedules, standing orders and orders affecting general members of any cadre of Lahore Police.
*CCPO Ghulam Mahmood Dogar also launched awarenesses campaign of Lahore Police against gender harassment and violence to assure safety and security to Women folk.* On the directions of Commander Lahore Police Ghulam Mahmood Dogar, the SDPO North Cantt ASP Bushra Nisar led ‘Women Safety and Empowerment Flag March’ comprising to female police officers and officials of all the units of Lahore Police including female traffic warden bikers from Capital City Police Headquarters Lahore. The flag march passed through different roads including,China Chowk, Shah Rah e Aiwan e Tijarat, Jail Road, Gulberg and concluded at Govt Home Economics College for Girls where ASP Bushra Nisar delivered awareness lecture to the students regarding precautionary measures and downloading ‘Women Safety App’ in their android phones to get immediate police help in case of any emergency. While taking to the media persons, CCPO Ghulam Mahmood Dogar said that the first purpose of the Flag march is to express solitary, assuring women community that Lahore Police is with them against any sort of sexual harassment and violence and secondly to make female students of girls colleges and universities aware the importance to download ‘Women Safety App’ of Punjab Police in their android cellular phones so as to contact and get timely police help in case of any emergency situation. Ghulam Mahmood Dogar said that it was absolutely essential that women should raise their voice against any violence and get the perpetrators to justice as it will not only teach the perpetrators a lesson but also act as a deterrent against them repeating the offense. Ghulam Mahmood Dogar said Lahore Police will established two ‘Women Anti-harassment and Violence Cells’ in the city within a few days, one in Police station Defense Area(B) and the other at Police Khidmat Markaz Liberty to ensure prompt redress of their grievances by registration of cases and investigation of crimes reported against women. Policewomen will run these cells as ‘Victim Support Officers’ to provide all possible assistance to the aggrieved women and dedicated telephone lines will also be provided to the cells to ensure timely response,he concluded.
