Jalandhar, Oct 09: Revealing that the state's first
cyber police station would be established at Mohali, where an
Information Technology Park was being developed within three
months, S S Virk, Director General of Police (DGP), Punjab
on Monday said that efforts were being made to hire technical
experts for the purpose.
“For the purpose of establishing state's first cyber
station and to meet the challenge of new trend of crime in
the field of information and technology, a special workshop
will be organized at Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur on
October 11 to apprise the state police force of the new
Trend”, DGP, who was chief guest on the inauguration ceremony
of 55th All India Police Games at Pap campus here.
Even we have already initiated efforts to hire the experts
in the field of information and technology to impart the
special knowledge in the field to the police officials, he
added.
Asked about his view point on bring reforms in the Police
Act 1861, DGP said that reforms were need of the time as on
certain points like community policing the act was silent and
for make it compliant to the current times it was much to
amend the act.
“Process to get the suggestions for the amendments from
the grass root level of police was on and after compilation
of the valid suggestions, efforts will be made to amend the
existing act”, he added.
Bureau Report
