Fillaur, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said that his government is equipping the state police force with the best infrastructure facilities and is modernizing it on scientific lines to make it effectively dealing with law and order situation.
He was addressing a gathering in Philore in Jalandhar after flagging off 139 new vehicles for police stations across the state.
Mann said that this is contrary to earlier trends when new vehicles were given to top officials rather than at the ground level.
Mann said that the station house officer is the real face of the police force as he is directly connected with the people and has a big responsibility to maintain law and order.
Being a border state, many forces are ineligible for the state, which are chasing nefarious designs to harass the state's hard work, but the Punjab Police has always thwarted such efforts, he said.
To overcome the major challenges faced by the state, it was necessary that the police force was updated according to advanced requirements in the field of investigation, science and technology, he said.
Mann hoped that the Punjab Police would maintain a great heritage of serving people with extremely professional commitment.
The Chief Minister said that 70 percent of drugs are smuggled through drones from Pakistan and later supplied in the state.
The state government has introduced the anti-draone technology and joined hands with the Border Security Force to investigate the drone movement.
Due to the state government's concrete efforts, drug smuggling has decreased significantly as a BSF report has indicated a decline in cross -border consignment due to strict enforcement.
Mann said that the state government has already decided to recruit 1,800 constables and 300 sub-inspectors in the Punjab Police every year to overcome the shortage of police.
He said that for these 2,100 posts every year, about 2.50 lakh candidates apply for these posts so that all the candidates join academics and also improve their body to clean the tests.
Mann said that it was helping to channel its unbeatable energy in a positive direction and was helping them to overcome the danger of drugs.
The CM said that the state government had launched a major rift against drugs in Punjab to break the spine of danger.
He said that the state government had already taken away the supply line of drugs and the big fish involved in this heinous crime have been placed behind bars.
Mann said that for the first time, the properties of illegally obtained drug smugglers are being destroyed or seized so that it acts as a preventive for others.
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