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POLICE REFORMS

POLICE REFORMS. The time to act was yesterday. WHAT AILS OUR POLICE. Why police reforms are necessary. Our police was principally designed to meet colonial needs, and to date it main purpose is to safeguard the powerful. It has been a custodian of the status quo

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POLICE REFORMS

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  1. POLICE REFORMS The time to act was yesterday

  2. WHAT AILS OUR POLICE

  3. Why police reforms are necessary • Our police was principally designed to meet colonial needs, and to date it main purpose is to safeguard the powerful. • It has been a custodian of the status quo • It is supposed to be the human face of the state. • As police is the first step in any criminal justice proceeding, without reforming policing first, overhauling of criminal justice system will remain a distant dream. • History tells us that fair policing practices strengthen democracy and improve the image of countries

  4. HISTORY OF POLICE REFORMS IN PAKISTAN • Pakistan inherited, in 1947, a more-than-eighty-year-old police system from the British the system in 1861 was designed to be a public frightening system • During the last 67 years, 21 commissions and committees were mandated to recommend police reforms • The police Act of 1861 was replaced with the Police Order, 2002 which came into effect on 14 August 2002. • No efforts were made by the government to promulgate police reforms between 1947 to 2002. • The police order 2002 unfortunately was not implemented due to resistance from Police, bureaucracy and political leadership. • After the 18th Constitutional amendment in Constitution of Pakistan in 2010, police has formally become a Provincial subject. Therefore, at present, amended Police Order 2002 is applicable in two Provinces; Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), whereas other two Provinces, Sindh and Baluchistan have actually brought back the Police Act 1861.

  5. AN INITIATIVE TO REFORM SINDH POLICE

  6. Salient features of the Draft Act

  7. URBAN AND RURAL POLICING To meet the demands of the urban and rural policing these have been addressed separately to ensure efficient policing

  8. COMPLAINT AND LIAISON COMMITTEES The draft bill provides for a local complaint and liaison office located inside every police station where complaint against police torture, excess, non registration of FIR, bad conduct of the police officer etc can be lodged. The members would include three members of the locality one women and one zila nazim( local mayor) and MPA The five member committee inter alia would perform the following main functions Aid and guide police officers in discharge of their function Identify shortcomings in the infrastructure Prepare annual performance report of the police officers at the concerned police station Promote citizen police liaison Upon receiving a complaint the committee will investigate and submit the report to the concerned Station House Officer

  9. DISTRICT POLICE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE • Each district shall have a district oversight committee. • The committee shall have eleven members • Three MPAs from the concerned district at least one of whom shall be from the opposition • Chairperson of the committee • Head of the municipal body • President of district bar association • Four members from academia NGO two members whereof shall be women • Head of district police as the committee’s secretary • The committee shall perform the following main functions • To aid and guide the district police in discharge of its functions • To redress grievance against police. • Refer the complaint to the District or regional police officer to take action against the erring police officer and inform the complainant of the outcome of the matter in writing

  10. PROVINCIAL POLICE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE • The provincial police oversight Committee will look into the matters pertaining to • Frame policy guidelines • Identify performance indicators such as operational efficiency, public and victim satisfaction, and observance of human rights standards • Review performance of the police in the province • Direct provincial police officer to submit an annual evaluation report using performance indicators • The members will include: • Chief Minister as Chairperson; • Law Minister • Two members of the Provincial Assembly nominated by the Chief Minister at least one of whom shall be from the opposition; • Three independent persons of proven reputation from the fields of academia, law, public administration, media, human rights or other relevant fields to be appointed by the Chief Minister; • Chief Secretary of the Sindh; • Secretary to the Government of the Sindh, Prosecution Department; • Secretary to the Government of the Sindh, Home Department; and • Provincial Police Officer as the Committees secretary.

  11. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

  12. THE ALLOCATION OF SINDH BUDGET FOR POLICE* *http://www.academia.edu/8103466/Budget_of_Police_Organizations_in_Pakistan

  13. A SAMPLE OF MODERN POLICING IN KPK PROVINCE

  14. Thank you for your patience 

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