Thirty-three officers from the National Police Academy visit Lahore police headquarters for briefings on reforms, training and crime prevention
LAHORE: Public trust is the police force’s greatest achievement, Lahore’s Capital City Police Officer Bilal Siddique Kamyana told a delegation of trainee deputy superintendents from Sindh Police who visited the city’s police headquarters on Wednesday.
The 33 trainee DSPs, who are undergoing training at the National Police Academy, were led by SP Aurangzeb and received by DIG (Administration) Imran Kishwar and SSP (Discipline) Kashif Aslam. Kishwar briefed them on Lahore Police’s administrative and operational affairs, professional training, ongoing reforms and crime-prevention strategies.
‘Not merely a job’
Kamyana said the traditional culture of police stations had been transformed into dignified public service centres offering prompt and transparent justice, and that protecting citizens’ lives, property and honour was the force’s fundamental duty. Lahore Police, he said, was working to improve services through community policing.
“Preventing social crimes is a shared responsibility of the police and the community,” he said. Keeping citizens waiting at police offices was unacceptable, he added, describing policing as “not merely a job but a way of life dedicated to public service.” He urged the trainees to prioritise swift resolution of grievances and timely relief.
The visiting officers praised Lahore Police’s services, and Kamyana presented them with honorary shields.
Lahore as a showcase
Visits by trainee officers from other provinces have become a regular feature as Punjab promotes its policing model, which includes front-desk reforms, Safe City surveillance and the rollout of body-worn cameras. For the Sindh officers, who will serve in a province where police conduct is under frequent scrutiny, including the recent suspension of two Karachi policemen over the alleged torture of a teenager, the trip offered a look at a different approach.
The reality on the ground in Lahore remains mixed. The force has disciplined whole stations for misconduct, including the suspension of the entire Ghaziabad police station staff in August, and analysts have questioned headline crime-reduction claims as the city still records about 163 thefts a day. Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Thursday gave Punjab police four weeks to improve law and order, especially crimes against women and children, warning that officers would be removed if results did not follow.
For Kamyana, the measure of success is the one he set out to the trainees: whether citizens trust the police enough to walk into a station and leave with their problem solved.
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