No negligence to be tolerated in police pre-poll training: IGP

LAHORE: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab Dr Syed Kaleem Imam has said that no negligence will be tolerated in the pre-election training.

Presiding over a session of senior officers of Elite Force at Central Police Office here on Thursday, he said that refresher courses for short period of three, five and seven days for the Elite Force personnel should be started immediately at police station level.

He said that trainers and other officers should play their role for capacity building of the young personnel to enhance the security management regarding polling duties with the help of different courses.

The IG Punjab directed Additional IG Elite Police force Shahid Haneef to conduct a video link conference with all the RPOs and DPOs and to conclude all pre-election training in all districts and regions of Punjab under their supervision.

He said that to ensure transparent election in peaceful environment, we will have all the support by the commandos of elite police force and these commandos will particularly be deployed for security of sensitive polling stations.

The IG Punjab directed the officers of Elite Force that before elections, all possible measures should be taken to enhance professional skills of the force in all districts.

He said that prompt action should be taken against any individual or political party which will try to sabotage peace, violate law or create obstruction in the polling process.

Additional IGs, DIGs and other senior officers were also present.