Joynal Abedin Khan :
The Ministry of Home Affairs is going to recruit 7,139 new police officers with the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to tackle different type of crimes, including mugging and doping.
Currently, the DMP has a total of 25,500 personnel.
DMP spokesperson Md Muntasirul Islam told The New Nation on Monday that the ministry has already issued an order approving recruitment of the police officers. Out of the 7,139 posts, 89 are permanent cadre posts and the remaining 7,050 are temporary positions.
New positions have been created in the DMP for one Additional Police Commissioner, two Joint Commissioners, eleven Deputy Commissioners, forty Additional Deputy Commissioners and thirty-five Assistant
Commissioners, the police official said.
Positions have also been created for 160 Inspectors, 1,050 Sub-Inspectors (SI), 120 Sergeants, 1,100 Assistant Sub-Inspectors (ASI) for unarmed branch and 100 ASI for the armed branch. Fifteen Assistant Town Sub-Inspectors (ATSI), 100 Nayeks and 4,328 Constables will also be recruited for the DMP, the DMP spokesperson said.
“If our strength is increased, it will make our work easier and tackling law and order problems will become smoother as well,” Muntasirul added.
While 33 new positions have been created for assistant computer programmers, accounts officers, cashiers and typists-cum-computer operators, forty-four positions like office assistants, cooks and cleaners are expected to be outsourced.
Meanwhile, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police personnel in letter have been asked to remain alert ahead of Eid-ul-Azha to check different type of crimes, said DMP Commissioner Md Assaduzzaman Mia.
The letter calling for greater vigil against crime was sent on September 3 to all Additional Commissioners, Joint Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners, additional Deputy Commissioners, Assistant Commissioners and administrative officials, he said.
“Incidents like theft, mugging, robbery, fighting, murder can go up in the capital around the cattle markets. The letter said, such activities tend to rise during festivals around the sale and exchange of raw hides. Advance precautionary measures will have to be taken so that such unsavory incidents are not repeated,” the DMP chief said.
The letter also urged installation of closed-circuit TV cameras, police watch towers and control rooms, provide equipment to identify fake currency and appoint volunteers in such markets, he said.
It also instructed to arrange for special security for cattle traders, especially when they are transferring large volume of cash.
“The alert was also warned against traffic congestions resulting from influx of cattle traders crossing the capital as they move south from northern districts,” he said.
The law enforcers have also been instructed to arrest marked criminals in a bid to curb crimes during the period. It called for listing those with past criminal records to bring them to justice.
The Ministry of Home Affairs is going to recruit 7,139 new police officers with the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to tackle different type of crimes, including mugging and doping.
Currently, the DMP has a total of 25,500 personnel.
DMP spokesperson Md Muntasirul Islam told The New Nation on Monday that the ministry has already issued an order approving recruitment of the police officers. Out of the 7,139 posts, 89 are permanent cadre posts and the remaining 7,050 are temporary positions.
New positions have been created in the DMP for one Additional Police Commissioner, two Joint Commissioners, eleven Deputy Commissioners, forty Additional Deputy Commissioners and thirty-five Assistant
Commissioners, the police official said.
Positions have also been created for 160 Inspectors, 1,050 Sub-Inspectors (SI), 120 Sergeants, 1,100 Assistant Sub-Inspectors (ASI) for unarmed branch and 100 ASI for the armed branch. Fifteen Assistant Town Sub-Inspectors (ATSI), 100 Nayeks and 4,328 Constables will also be recruited for the DMP, the DMP spokesperson said.
“If our strength is increased, it will make our work easier and tackling law and order problems will become smoother as well,” Muntasirul added.
While 33 new positions have been created for assistant computer programmers, accounts officers, cashiers and typists-cum-computer operators, forty-four positions like office assistants, cooks and cleaners are expected to be outsourced.
Meanwhile, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police personnel in letter have been asked to remain alert ahead of Eid-ul-Azha to check different type of crimes, said DMP Commissioner Md Assaduzzaman Mia.
The letter calling for greater vigil against crime was sent on September 3 to all Additional Commissioners, Joint Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners, additional Deputy Commissioners, Assistant Commissioners and administrative officials, he said.
“Incidents like theft, mugging, robbery, fighting, murder can go up in the capital around the cattle markets. The letter said, such activities tend to rise during festivals around the sale and exchange of raw hides. Advance precautionary measures will have to be taken so that such unsavory incidents are not repeated,” the DMP chief said.
The letter also urged installation of closed-circuit TV cameras, police watch towers and control rooms, provide equipment to identify fake currency and appoint volunteers in such markets, he said.
It also instructed to arrange for special security for cattle traders, especially when they are transferring large volume of cash.
“The alert was also warned against traffic congestions resulting from influx of cattle traders crossing the capital as they move south from northern districts,” he said.
The law enforcers have also been instructed to arrest marked criminals in a bid to curb crimes during the period. It called for listing those with past criminal records to bring them to justice.
