Govt implementing 218 projects to develop police as modern force

The government has been implementing 218 projects as part of the three-year 'Strategic Plan 2018-20' for developing the police as a modern, disciplined, effective and highly professional force. 

"We are implementing the three-year 'Strategic Plan 2018-20' to turn the police into a disciplined, effective, modern and pro-people force," an official Home Minister official told BSS today. 

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan unveiled the 'Strategic Plan 2018-20' on January 28 at a launching ceremony at the auditorium of Rajarbagh Police Lines in the city. 

"Members of Bangladesh Police need to be fully committed to ensuring successful implementation of the Strategic Plan to create an enabling environment to facilitate its smooth management," he said while unveiling the plan. 

As many as 218 projects are now being implemented by the government for Bangladesh Police with a target to complete those in three years with a view to engaging community people, promoting proactive policing and adopting multi-disciplinary approach for detection and prevention of crimes to maintain public order with the highest professionalism.

The projects are for reducing dependence on oral testimony and promoting scientific and forensic method of investigation, promoting intelligence-led policing, increasing patrol in crime hotspots to reduce commission of crime with targets of completing those by December this year. 

The government is implementing three other projects such as fostering public cooperation through community policing and ensuring safety of witnesses and informants of sensational cases, protecting crime scene, and making use of crime scene vans of CID (Criminal Investigation Department) with a target to complete those by 2018.

In a bid to reduce fear of crime from the public mind, the government has also taken some projects such as making robust police presence in neighbourhood with appropriate gear and gadget, ensuring presence of Tourist Police in all tourist sports in the country, visiting victims of and witnesses to heinous cases from time to time to enhance their sense of security and bring the crime prone areas under CC camera networks. 

The government has also taken some projects to make police enable to combat organized crimes such as formulating a comprehensive, multi-stakeholder and effective operational plan against illegal drugs where police will implement and coordinate the implementation of plans, collect intelligence to identify the origin of drug production and its supply chain, identify routes and bring kingpins before the court to stop trafficking in human beings, and developing a pool of officers in CID, PBI, CTTC and all metropolitan police to fight cybercrime. 

Aimed at managing highway traffic, the government is implementing some projects such as taking initiatives to withdraw illegal and prohibited vehicles from highways and establishing the ideas of safe vehicle, coordinating with relevant departments/offices to remove open markets (haat and Bazar) alongside highways, and creating awareness among owners, passengers and local institutions alongside highways to prevent road accident. 

The government is also implementing some projects to build infrastructures for police such as constructing residential buildings in metropolitan areas and districts to cater for accommodation of officers and force, commencement of 12 new residential towers/ dormitory buildings in metropolitan area/big cities and 56 new women police barracks in all districts and ensuring sufficient accommodation for trainers and classroom facilities in training institutions. 

The Strategic Plan for Bangladesh Police with the slogan "Ready to protect and proud to serve" will act as a guidance to improve services in the days to come along with curbing terrorism and militancy, and increasing professional excellence, police officials said.

The plan has been prepared on the basis of analysis of the past and current state in the changing society, which will help detect and prevent crimes and maintain public order with the highest standard of professionalism. 

A five-member implementation and monitoring committee headed by an additional inspector general of police will constantly measure the progress and evaluate the outcomes to ensure that its goals are achieved and expectations of the citizens are fulfilled.

Source: bss