Newly appointed city police chief, Additional Inspector General Ghulam Nabi Memon has said that the main purpose of traffic police is to regulate traffic not generate revenue.
He said as part of his long-term strategy to ensure smooth flow of traffic and prevent prolonged and agonising traffic jams in the metropolis, he had taken back powers to issue tickets over traffic violations from every traffic policeman and now only Section Officers (SOs) could impose fines.
City police chief Memon, who had earlier served in the same position, said there was a lack of ‘discipline’ as every constable or head constable, whenever he wanted, started checking traffic violations on every road that caused hindrances in the smooth flow of traffic.
“Regulation of traffic is more important than imposing fines,” he said, adding that the traffic flow would be improved if checking would be carried out in a better way not in an indiscriminate way.
“It was wrong if the purpose of traffic police was to impose fines and generate revenue instead of regulating traffic,” he observed.
