Boston: Punjab Police’s SP Beenish Fatima receives prestigious IACP ’40 Under Forty Award’ 2024.
The International Association of Chiefs of Police selects 40 Police Officers under 40 years of age from a pool of Hundreds of nominations from across the globe to identify Police Officers who excel and lead in their fields.
SP Beenish Fatima, working as Chief Traffic Officer Rawalpindi, is the only one in Pakistan who got selected for this award.
Superintendent Beenish Fatima is a trailblazer in Pakistan’s police community.
Driven by her desire to address societal inequities and the under representation of women in policing, SP Fatima—first woman in the history of the Punjab Police to lead its Organized Crime Unit—has addressed challenges for women ranging from childcare for officers to female facilities at police headquarters to drafting policies to eliminate gender barriers.
Under her leadership, the Organized Crime Unit has tirelessly pursued criminal gangs and apprehended numerous suspects wanted for violent crimes. Including nine gangs in her first three months, alone.
However, SP Fatima’s impact goes beyond her operational successes—her efforts to improve her unit have included the introduction of anti-bias psychological testing, the recruitment of new investigators, the enhancement of technology utilization and tracing mechanisms, and the oversight of the construction of state-of-the-art unit facilities. These initiatives have significantly improved the unit’s efficiency and effectiveness in combating organized crime.
