Amarinder announces Ist of its kind initiative to strengthen law enforcement machinery in Punjab
Chandigarh, Mar 20: Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh on Saturday announced a first-of-its-kind initiative in the country, to further strengthen the state’s law enforcement apparatus, with dedicated District Technical Units, along with District Narcotic Units, Social Media Units, Forensic Units and Anti-Sabotage Checking Teams, in all the districts.
Announcing the move, aimed at further strengthening the state’s law enforcement machinery to address the new challenges of policing and investigation, the Chief Minister said after stabilizing the law and order situation over the past four years, his government was now focusing on augmenting law enforcement further, with more touchpoints to tackle the new-age crimes, like Digital/Cyber Crimes, and enhance the safety and security of women and other vulnerable sections of the society.
Apart from 3100 domain experts to combat specialized crimes, 10000 police officials will be recruited, of which 33% will be women, at the level of SI and Constables, to expand the ground force and ensure more effective policing, he said.
With the changing nature of crime necessitating support and interventions by domain experts for the effective prevention/detection of crime, the Punjab Police would soon recruit around 3100 Specialist Police officers and domain experts in the fields of Law, Forensics, Digital Forensics, Information Technology, Data Mining, Cyber Security, Intelligence Analysis, Human Resource Management and Development and Road Safety Planning and Engineering, said Capt. Amarinder, who also holds the Home portfolio.
The pioneering initiative, designed to transform the police force, will make Punjab the first state in the country to induct Domain Experts, he said, as the state government geared up to scale the Police department to the next level, after successfully implementing a slew of drastic measures, in line with the government’s promise to ensure rule of law and maintain law and order in the state, and secure the well-being and safety of the common man.
