Dolphin Force

Dolphin Force is an elite security unit of

the Punjab Police to deal with street
crime.[2][3] Modeled after the Istanbul
Police Dolphin Force [4][5][6] it was
launched by the Chief Minister Shahbaz
Sharif in Lahore in first phase and later
in the five other major cities of the
province in second phase.[7][8] 696
policemen were trained in the second
phase.[9]

Dolphin Force
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Two Dolphin Force officers patrolling the

major road of Lahore

Agency overview

Preceding agency Mahafiz Force

Employees 1800[1]

Organization
The Dolphin Force command centre
will be headed by the SP while and will
be divided amongst Saggian Bridge,
Iqbal Town, Harbanspura, Chuhng, Civil
Lines and Model Town with 50
motorcycles each.[10]

Operations
The force will comprise 1,800
constables, 60 ASIs, 15 SIs, four DSPs
and an SP who will work in three shifts
with 300 motorcycles. The equipment
will include three hundred 500cc Honda
motorcycles, 10 mini buses for field
support, 600 helmets, 600 camera-body
cams, 200 GPS locators and 300
wireless radios. A special uniform will
be worn for dolphin patrol officials.

Two policemen ride each bike will be

equipped with helmets with wireless
radio, small arm, handcuffs, GPS
tracking device, camera and special
uniform (black with contrasting red and
white colors).[11]

Criticism and controversies

Mismanagement in the project
Despite spending one billion on the
project, the Dolphin force was one of
the most mismanaged and misplaced
project, therefore, known as white
elephant for Punjab govt.[12] Instead of
basic police reforms in Punjab and
providing them infrastructure and
resources the new force was raised.
Few of such examples are following:[13]

Each officer was given single piece

of uniform which he has to wear
each day without opportunity to
change it. The 50,000 piece
parachute apparel turns out to be
unfit for hot weather in Lahore and
was replaced later with cotton
uniform wasting huge amount of
public money.
A 500CC Honda heavy bikes
purchased for 3.5 million Rs each
doesn't have any spare parts or
repairing expertise, a minor fault in
bikes resulted in parking them back
without any replacements.
A expensive Helmet worth Rs.
3,50,000 containing blue tooth,
however, the equipment was not put
to full usage, for example, the blue
 tooth was never integrated to central
communication network.
With the salary as low as 22,000
several constables were found taking
bribes and making monthly deals to
provide safe passages to people on
regular basis. Even four constables
were dismissed after caught red
handed.[14]

Street crime rate in Lahore

Despite spending billion on the project

and its high operational cost, the crime
rate of Lahore soared in early 2016,[15]
during start[16] and mid of 2017,[17] only
in July, 2017 the crime surged by
13.37% in Lahore.[18] Although the
project received continuous funds,
however, it was unable to deliver in any
form.[19]

References
1. https://www.dawn.com/news/116
3455
2. Hassan, Waseem Riaz, Daniyal
(2015-09-21). "Dolphin Force:
Punjab government's white
elephant?" . DAWN.COM. Retrieved
2018-01-19.
3. "Dolphin Force launched to tackle
street crime" . The Nation.
Retrieved 2018-01-17.
4. https://www.dawn.com/news/116
3455
5. https://tribune.com.pk/story/7159
68/turkish-model-punjab-to-have-
dolphin-police-unit-says-cm/
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=EaQTvd2vvow
7. "Dolphin Force launched in
Faisalabad - The Express
Tribune" . The Express Tribune.
2017-10-24. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
 8. Correspondent, The Newspaper's
(2016-05-26). "Dolphin Force plan
for Bahawalpur" . DAWN.COM.
Retrieved 2018-01-17.
9. "Dolphin Force set to expand
further: CM - The Express
Tribune" . The Express Tribune.
2017-10-22. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
10. https://www.dawn.com/news/116
3455
11. https://www.dawn.com/news/116
3455
12. "Dolphin force Punjab Govt's white
elephant? : The Dawn" . The Dawn.
2015-09-21.
13. "Is Lahore's Dolphin Force a waste
of public funds?: The Express
Tribune" . The Dawn. 2016-07-09.
14. "Dolphin force men arrested for
bribe: The Dawn" . The Dawn.
2016-06-17.
15. "Crime rate on the rise in Lahore? :
Dunya TV" . Dunya TV. 2016-12-01.
16. "Lahore spike in crime rate? : The
nation" . The Dawn. 2017-01-01.
17. "High crime rate in Sadar division
lahore : The tribune" . The Tribune.
2017-10-22.
18. "Crime surged by 13.37% in July,
2017 Lahore : The tribune" . The
Tribune. 2017-07-09.
19. "Despite receiving billions Dolphine
force failed to curb crimes? :
Dunya TV" . Dunya TV. 2017-11-22.

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