Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA) in collaboration with the Punjab Police Integrated Command, Control and Communication Centre (PPIC3) has revealed the performance statistics for February 2019.
The authority is keeping a measure of all the monthly statistics that show the performance of all Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) that ensure the security and protection of the citizens. The revealed stats show that the Operations Monitoring Centre of PSCA came across 57,998 observations which include the interception of 243 suspicious persons by Police Response Unit (PRU) and Dolphin Squad collectively. As many as 5593 probing cases of suspicious vehicles were also recorded by the authority. The CCTV surveillance cameras installed by the PSCA across the provincial capital were being constantly monitored by the operations team. According to the stats, nearly 20 protests, rallies, and other related activities were recorded and to avoid any security risks, all possible security measures were ensured accordingly.
The Public Safety app introduced by the Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA) is working efficiently and has resulted in more productivity as compared to the previous months. The app channel alone contributed to the recovery of 3 cars, 124 motorbikes, 5 auto-rickshaws with the help of security agencies. Even 14 missing persons were recovered through this platform, according to the report. Other departments playing a central role in public safety include 15 Emergency Helpline, and Media Monitoring Centre. A total of 366,337 calls were received by the 15 Emergency Helpline in February. Nearly 212,465 of these calls were considered prank whereby 35,329 calls were recorded as genuine public concerns. After sorting, these genuine calls were directed to the Dispatch Control Centre (DCC) for further action. Moreover, 23,743 calls were related to information purpose, consulting services, traffic management system, and help from the City Traffic Police (CTP).
Furthermore, the Media Monitoring Centre of PSCA has raised its graph in road safety awareness campaigns, issuing e-challans to the traffic violators, and raising awareness regarding the use of 15 emergency helpline through its social media accounts including Facebook and Twitter, by regularly posting the relevant material. On the other hand, PPIC3 centre has served in processing the Electronic Data Evidence Acquisition requests, an initiative by the Punjab Police. It released data for 185 inexcusable crime cases in this regard. The investigation officers were also assisted with playback footages in 524 such instances. In a bid to resolve the public issues, PSCA extended its services in 1305 rescue-bound and 5590 traffic queries and emergency call cases.
There is a significant difference observed in the road-sense ever since the operations of e-challan have initiated. With the help of Variable Messaging Service (VMS) displayed on LCDs installed on the major roads of the provincial capital, PSCA is further looking to enhance the road safety awareness among the citizens. Several speed limit boards, directives and traffic messages have been displayed by the authority. Furthermore, the authority is determined to extend its services for public safety in the future. PSCA has also joined hands with the City Traffic Police (CTP) in a crackdown against the vehicles using illegal, fancy or fake number plates. Punjab Police is also proactive in this particular campaign to rule out any security issues across the city. Recently, the users of blue revolving light are also being taken into custody which is an illegal activity. The use of High-Intensity discharge lamps (HIDs) has also been banned to reduce the number of accidents. The LEAs are taking strict legal action against the violators of traffic rules and regulations.
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