'Criminon Training Programme' for police planned

The criminon is an international non-profit public benefit corporation dedicated to addressing the causes of criminality and restoring the criminal's self-respect through effective drug detoxification, education and common sense programs.

"By making them responsible for their actions, people under the Criminal Justice system can become ethical and productive citizens," said Saleem Aziz, the Executive Director for Advancement of Health, Education and Environment (SAHEE) while talking to the Home Department's Consultant on Home Affairs, Sharfuddin Memon here on Thursday.

He said that Criminon operates a network of groups in 35 countries across the globe, delivering Criminon workshops, courses and programmes in jails, prisons, parole and probation offices, courthouses and re-entry facilities, as well as providing training for correctional officers and programme personnel.

Aziz said that Criminon programme consists of 4 steps aimed at creating sense of responsibility on the police personnel as well as others who can operate confidently in the society avoiding influences from extremist elements.

"The programme is proposed to be started as Pilot Project in which 50 police personnel on VVIP/VIP duties would be selected for training," Aziz further told the Consultant.

"The programme could be incorporate into syllabus of police training centres," he maintained.

Responding to the briefing by Aziz, the Consultant said that law and order issue and other security measures were of great concern for the government.

"Providing protection to officials, at places of worship and ordinary citizens are vital talks which have to be ensured at all costs," Memon said.

He hoped that the police personnel once inducted in the 'Criminon Programme' would ensure much greater reliability and higher level of efficiency.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011