Last Updated: 29 September 2026

Dial-112 overhaul: ₹178 crore project to modernise emergency response system^[1]; current response ~12-13 min, target 7-8 min (Vision 2026)

Modernisation (Dec 2025): ₹800+ crore spent on police upgrades in 3 years^[2]

¶ 1. Merit Based Postings & Zero Tolerance on Corruption

Cash for police transfer was regularly alleged & reported during Congress rule^[3]

Dismissed 52 police personnel on charges of corruption^[4]
-- including 1 inspector, 5 ASIs, 4 head constables
-- on 19 Feb 2025

¶ 2. Banned Corruption Nexus practices

2-year tenure limit for munshis in Police stations, as of March 2025^[5]

No Senior official (Commissioners and SSP) of the Punjab Police now allowed to take their ‘blue-eyed’ staff with them after transfer^[6]

• 3. Civilian Experts in Police Punjab Legal, Forensics, Technology and Finance experts
• 4. Bumper Police officer hiring
• 5. SSF - Highway Traffic Patrolling Force Highways patrolling & aid in chasing criminals
• 6. Prosecution Reforms for Speedy cases Official Witnesses can not skip trials
• 7. Modernisation of Punjab Police Hi-tech new vehicles for SHOs/Emergency Response

References:

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1. https://yespunjab.com/rs-178-cr-overhaul-of-dial-112-punjab-police-aims-to-cut-emergency-response-time-to-8-minutes/ (Punjab Govt Press Release) ↩︎

2. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=215440 (Punjab Govt Press Release, 31 Dec 2025) ↩︎

3. https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/punjab-assembly-polls-2022/story/punjab-polls-aap-sad-kickbacks-for-police-transfers-sukhjinder-singh-randhawa-1886807-2021-12-11 ↩︎

4. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-graft-purge-continues-52-cops-dismissed-from-service-in-a-week-says-dgp-9845336/ ↩︎

5. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjab-police-fix-2-year-tenure-limit-for-munshi-101742239267315.html ↩︎

6. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/police-officers-can-no-longer-take-favourites-along-after-transfer-573902 ↩︎