Phone snatching and illegal phone sales are not the problem of today but a problem that has been troubling the authorities for quite some time and it was time that proper strict action was taken against this. In accordance with dealing with this particular problem, the RPO (Regional Police Officers) have approved an app to help in such circumstances.
Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP), Amjad Javed Saleemi, presided over the conference. The conference decided to train two officers in every district for E-Gadget app’s activation.
The app, developed by Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB), is used for tracing and recovering stolen and snatched phones. It generates an alert to the police control room on a possible sale of a snatched or stolen phone. The app will check if a FIR is registered against the IMEI number of the phone or not.
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It was also decided to establish a system that enables the plaintiffs to download a copy of their First Information Report (FIR) from home or any other destination rather than visiting police stations.Moreover, another system is near completion that will complete the process of pension three months before the officers’ retirement. The IGP directed the RPOs and district police officers to examine the record of retired officials every month and process their cases in line with the policy.
He further directed to arrange the training of all the accountants in police training college Lahore so that they can execute the matters of pension and pay through the said system.
This is a positive move forward and will increase confidence in the police with people having quite the negative remarks for such authorities. Under these developments, it would enable a little more digitization of the entire department.
