Aug 11, 2012
Our Correspondent
LAHORE
THE Punjab Police have recently established 50 Model Police Stations (MPSs) and they will reach a target of 100 MPSs by the end of year 2012.
The Gender Responsive Policing (GRP) Project raised the issue with the Inspector General of Punjab Police to ensure that these police stations worked as model police stations and the entire staff of the MPSs (Model Police Stations) must be trained on gender issues, and women police should be deputed at these police stations with an active role.
In response to that, the Punjab Police along with the GRP project is organising trainings for the staff of MPSs to equip them with the required skills to manage gender based crimes and make them responsive to the needs of the citizens they serve.
The first batch of 45 women and men police officers of the model police stations from all over the Punjab has been certified in a five-day training programme. The training session focuses on equipping the police officers with the national and international commitments Pakistan is signatory of as well as making participants understand the constitution and women-friendly laws and legislations.
The training also equipped police officers with the managing stress, improved communication skills, know and understand gender concerns, forms of violence against women and combating those dealing with women victims and investigating crimes against women.
Commandant Police College Lahore Faisal Rana distributed certificates among officers. He said it was a high time that we being the police officers should know our responsibilities & fulfill them with the utmost sincerity & commitment. He also emphasised the role of women police officers in police which would not only equip the police to have a gender balance but also help in combating the crime & violence against. He said the women police officers at Model Police Stations had a great responsibility, as they would have to facilitate the women victims and help them report to the police without any fear and reluctance.
The trainee officers appreciated the training methods, techniques and facilities. Chief Law Instructor of Police College Lahore Waseem Durrani said the Punjab Police along with the technical assistance of the Gender Responsive Policing Project is hitting the right chord by arranging the much needed trainings for both male & female police officers.
This will not only help in building the capacity of police officers but will also make them more gender sensitised while dealing with the citizen, especially the vulnerable groups, thus will reflect the positive image of the police in the society.
The Gender Responsive Policing (GRP) Project funded by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs is being implemented by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) in partnership with the National Police Bureau (NPB) of Pakistan.
The Project has entered its second phase with an objective that the National Police Bureau of Pakistan is technically able to support the Executive Police to adopt and implement a standardised the policy for gender mainstreaming and gender just access to policing, taking into consideration the principles of the rules of law.
(The News)
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