Zain ul Abideen Abid
Morale is an essential factor in any police agency’s success. It’s a measure of how satisfied, motivated and committed police officers are to their job. When morale is high, police officers are more likely to be effective in their duties, have a better attitude and have fewer disciplinary issues. However, maintaining and improving morale can be challenging for police agencies, especially during difficult times such as budget cuts, increased workload or negative media attention.Most Punjab police officers see significant challenges on the job in the wake of high-profile incidents involving law enforcement. Among those challenges is a widespread feeling among officers that police are mistreated by the media.Newspaper employees and owners want to know the details of every crime. On the other hand, the media fails to provide accurate information to the public.Newspapers and TV channels continue to try to create a daunting in the investigation by publicizing details of the accused۔Sometimes the suspects are friends with police employees and reporters ۔So not everyone accurately points out the accused. In this way the direction of the investigation is turned in the wrong direction.
According to us, the standard for evaluating the performance of any institution is not the individual, but the collective dedication and results of the department. It is not fair to blame the entire department because of a few corrupt police officers.
The Multan police have released a performance report of the last six months. Which shows that Multan police is in pursuit of crimes and criminals.
Under the supervision of CPO the Multan police have taken action against criminal elements during the past six months to control crime. They have arrested 78 members of 28 gangs, seizing stolen property worth more than 2 crore rupees. According to the police record Multan police have arrested 58 suspects involved in murder, 157 attempted murder cases, 18 robberies, 26 blind murders, 139 dacoities, 1697 robberies, 63 cases of rape, 69 cases of child abuse, 274 cases of abduction, 41 cases of human trafficking, 811 vehicle thefts, and 77 cases of cattle theft. During 19 police encounters, 12 dacoits were arrested in injured condition, while 11 dacoits were killed. They registered 570 cases related to illegal weapons and arrested 570 suspects, recovering 1 Kalashnikov, 16 rifles, 31 pistols, 6 revolvers, 503 bullets, and 1539 cartridges. They registered 1089 cases related to narcotics and apprehended 1118 suspects, seizing 6.5 kilograms of heroin, 194 kilograms of cannabis, 23 kilograms of opium, 51,000 liters of liquor, 47 stills, 21 liquor dens, and 142 kilograms of hashish. They arrested 690 individuals involved in gambling by registering 149 cases, while against gambling, the Multan police registered 612 cases and apprehended 650 individuals, confiscating more than 62,000 gambling cards and 585 gambling ropes. They also closed down 4 factories. Multan police apprehended 980 wanted criminals and arrested 268 proclaimed offenders. They also arrested 508 released habitual offenders, ensuring legal action and special teams have been formed to eliminate crime in the city, and effective patrolling plans have been implemented by the police. Mobile units, Dolphin Force, and the Security Squad have increased their surveillance. Whenever information about imports is received, the police teams are activated. Here special tasks have been assigned to police teams to trace and arrest gangs involved in dacoities, robberies, thefts, and motorcycle crimes. The Multan police are taking all possible and necessary measures to control crime and establish peace and security in the city.
According to the documents the Multan police handed over more than 500 stolen mobile phones worth 2 crore rupees to their respective owners. SSP Operations Multan, Muhammad Imran, handed over the recovered mobile phone to their owners.
Under the supervision of SSP Operations Multan, Muhammad Imran, Inspector Naveed Iqbal and Front Desk Officer Muhammad Asim were assigned a special task related to this matter. The police teams successfully traced and recovered more than 500 stolen mobile phones worth 2 crore rupees using advanced technology.
Stolen goods worth more than 4 crore rupees were recovered during six months, which can be called encouraging performance of Multan police. There is no doubt that the shortage of police personnel is being met with the help of modern technology. This is the need of the hour.