Staff Reporter :
Police have launched a mobile app to deliver speedy service to the citizens to ensure their security.
“Android users can download the app, BD Police Help Line, from Play Store, and it will be soon available at Apple’s App Store,” said Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque.
He launched the mobile app at the Police Headquarters on Thursday morning.
Citizens will be able to report any incident to the local police station’s officer-in-charge (OC) through the app, the IGP said.
“It will automatically reach the additional superintendent of police, superintendent of police, range DIG and police headquarters at district levels and zonal additional commissioner, additional commissioner and commissioner in cases of metropolitan police,” he said.
Shahidul Hoque said, “The top officers will also get notifications when the OC is informed, so they can monitor updates.”
The app would work as an ‘interactive interface’ between the citizens and the police, he added.
He said all inspectors have been instructed to use smart phones to use the app.
In a query, the IGP claimed that Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) did not complain against the police force to the Home Ministry. “If RAB wants to make a complaint against the police, it will have to complain to me [the IGP], not directly to the Home Minister,” he said.
The IGP said the police have received a complaint from the RAB which, he said, is being scrutinised.
On July 3, police launched a mobile application Hello CT to gather information from the public relating to militancy and extremism in the backdrop of recent terror attacks in Bangladesh.
Police have launched a mobile app to deliver speedy service to the citizens to ensure their security.
“Android users can download the app, BD Police Help Line, from Play Store, and it will be soon available at Apple’s App Store,” said Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque.
He launched the mobile app at the Police Headquarters on Thursday morning.
Citizens will be able to report any incident to the local police station’s officer-in-charge (OC) through the app, the IGP said.
“It will automatically reach the additional superintendent of police, superintendent of police, range DIG and police headquarters at district levels and zonal additional commissioner, additional commissioner and commissioner in cases of metropolitan police,” he said.
Shahidul Hoque said, “The top officers will also get notifications when the OC is informed, so they can monitor updates.”
The app would work as an ‘interactive interface’ between the citizens and the police, he added.
He said all inspectors have been instructed to use smart phones to use the app.
In a query, the IGP claimed that Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) did not complain against the police force to the Home Ministry. “If RAB wants to make a complaint against the police, it will have to complain to me [the IGP], not directly to the Home Minister,” he said.
The IGP said the police have received a complaint from the RAB which, he said, is being scrutinised.
On July 3, police launched a mobile application Hello CT to gather information from the public relating to militancy and extremism in the backdrop of recent terror attacks in Bangladesh.
