



IGP Nasir Durrani has directed DPOs to bring all jewellery shops and currency dealers in the fold of the newly-introduced SOS One-Click alert system across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.





The SOS system was initially introduced for educational institutions following the Army Public School massacre in December 2014, but a recent daylight robbery in Ander Sher prompted the police chief to extend the system to jewellery shops and currency dealers.During the robbery in Ander Sher, robbers got away with eight kilogrammes of gold. The theft was carried out in one of the main gold markets of the city. Through the SOS system, the traders will be able to alert the police instantly about any robbery of cash, gold or jewellery.Durrani issued a special circular to regional police officers and DPOs, ordering them to hold meetings with gold traders and currency dealers.The officers were asked to brief the businessmen about the importance of the system which works through smartphones.Once included in the system, jewellers will be able to alert police with just a single tap on the phone screen in the event of an emergency and the rapid response force will be dispatched immediately.In total 2,677 educational institutions have been added to the system. The application is installed free of cost by the police on smartphones using the Android operating system, connecting users to a main server operated by the police.Published in The Express Tribune, June 13, 2015.