Role Of Police In Maintaining Law
And Order Situation
Discipline Security Progress

Vision & Mission (Slide-04)
Role On Liberation War (Slide-05)
History (Slide-06-11)
Administration (Slide-12-18)
Functions of Police (Slide-19-40)
SWOT Analysis (Slide-41)
Achievements (Slide-42-43)
Outline

Vision & Mission
Vision:
To provide quality service by competent, efficient and
dedicated professionals enjoying trust and respect of citizens
to make Bangladesh a better and safer place to live.
Mission:
Bangladesh Police is committed to enforce law, maintain social
order, reduce fear of crime, enhance public safety and ensure
internal security with the active support of the community.

The First Arms Resistance On Liberation War
Base for all stations.
Very important message.
Please keep Note.
Please send over. Base
for all stations of East
Pakistan police. Keep
listening, watch. We are
already attacked by Pak
Army. Try to save
yourself. Over and out.
Transceiver
On the night of March 25, the news of the
attack on Razarbagh Police lines by Pakistan
Army was transmitted out all over
Bangladesh through this transceiver by the
Transceiver Operator
Constable Md. Shahjahan Mia

A Look Into The History Of The Bangladesh
Police
In Mughal period,
1. Village Panchayat (Rural area)
2.Kotwali System (Urban area)
Kotwal emerged as an institution and was effective in
maintaining the law and order in cities, and was
implemented in Dhaka.

Kotwal System
missioner of police
 Dispose of many functions of modern police
 Night patrolling
 Surveillance over visitors, spies and migrants
 Arrest criminals
 Control crime
 King’s principal spy, chief intelligence officer

British Period
 Crime control and maintain order was not for most task of
police
 Got power to collect rent revenue
 Set up police force to help the collector to extract revenue
 Lord Cornwallis
 Introduce new police system in 1792
 Darogha post was created responsible to District Judge
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Charles Napier(1843)
 Inspector General of Police was the chief of the whole
province
 SP was the chief of a district
 Govt. had the responsibility of law and order situation
 Introduced Irish constabulary model police
 Established separate police department
 This model provides the basic structure of Bangladesh police

Acts Promulgated By The British
 The Police Act, 1861
 The Indian Penal Code, 1861
 The Chowkidar Act, 1870
 The Evidence Act, 1872
 The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898
 The Police Regulation of Bengal, 1943

Bangladesh Period
 After partition in 1947, Police was functioning on the name of
East Pakistan Police. Pakistan Rulers were not sincere to reform
police.
 Bangladesh came into existence in 1971.
 According to article 152 of Bangladesh Constitution, Police is a
disciplined force.

General Hierarchy Of Bangladesh Police

Ranges Of Police
 Dhaka Range
 Chittagong Range
 Khulna Range
 Rajshahi Range
 Sylhet Range
 Barisal Range
 Rangpur Range
 Mymensingh Range
 Another two Police Ranges are:
 Railway Range
 Highway Range

Units Of Police
Range Police
 Police Range
 District Police
 Police Circle
 Thana (Police Station)
 Investigation Centre (IC) / Police Out-Post / Police Camp
Metropolitan Police
 Division
 Zone
 Thana (Police Station)
 Town Out-Post / Police Camp

Administration Of BD Police
 Bangladesh Police has its own administrative
setup in both urban and rural areas.
 In 64 Districts, Police has three tier
administrations under the authority of –
 SP
 ASP (circle)
 OC (officer in charge of the police station)

Metropolitan Police Units
 Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)- 1976
 Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP)-1978
 Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP)-1985
 Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP)-1992
 Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP)
 Barisal Metropolitan Police (BMP)
 Rangpur Metropolitan Police (RPMP)
 Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP)

Branches Of BD Police
 Range and District Police
 Detective Branch (DB)
 Tourist Police
 Detective Branch (DB)Police
 Traffic Police
 Criminal Investigation Department (CID)
 Railway Police (GRP)
 Highway Police
 Industrial Police
 Armed Police Battalion (APBn)
 Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)
 River Police
 SWAT
 Special Branch (SB)
 Immigration Police
 Industrial Police
 Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI)
 Special Security and Protection Battalion (SPBn)

RAB
 Established under amendment of Armed Forces
Battalion Ordinance, 1979
 RAB is a combination of following forces-
 Army
 Navy
 Air Force
 Police
 Bangladesh Boarder Guard
 Ansar
 After the formation, RAB was praised for controlling
crime.

Functions Of Police
 Maintaining Law and Order
 Crime Management & Law Enforcement
 Internal Security
 Social Integration
 Performing Internationally

Maintaining Law and Order
 Police prevent unlawful assembly
 Always on mobile duty
 Permanent & temporary checkpoint
 999 service
 Special operation
 Special approaches to prevent terrorism

Police To Prevent Unlawful Assembly
 The District SP/ASP directs the conduct of all assemblies
and processions on the public roads and issue a license
specifying the names of the licensees and defining the
conditions on which alone such assembly or such
procession according to section 30 of The Police Act, 1861.
 District SP/ASP/Inspector/OC of a Police station may
stop any procession which violates the conditions of a
license as per section 30A of The Police Act, 1861.
 According to section 127 of CrPC, Police have the power
to disperse an unlawful assembly.
 According to section of CrPC, Protection against
prosecution for acts done to disperse an unlawful
assembly.

Police To Prevent Unlawful Assembly

Police Check Point

Special Police Operation

Approaches of Police To Prevent Terrorism
Increase Police Operations

Approaches of Police To Prevent Terrorism
Community Engagement

Approaches of Police To Prevent Terrorism
Intelligence exchange in transnational crime

 The impact of terrorism was
lower on Bangladesh than
that was on the United
States of America and the
United Kingdom, according
to the Global Terrorism
Index (GTI) 2022.
 Bangladesh stands at the
40th position among 163
countries on the index and
scored 4.411 out of 10,
while the USA and the UK
held the 28th and the 31st
positions scoring 4.961 and
4.770 respectively.

01 March, 2023

Crime Management & Law Enforcement
 Collecting intelligence
 Response to crime Incidents
 Investigation
 Verification
 Public Order Management
 Traffic Management
 Assisting Prosecution

Internal Security
 Security Patrols
 Security Watchdog
 VVIP Security
 KPI Security
 Security at National Occasions (Religious festival,
Fair, Ijtema, Pahela Baishakh etc.)

Social Integration
 Raising Awareness (Through Training, Rally, Exhibition,
Media Coverage, Visiting schools etc.)
 Community Policing
 Beat Policing
 Humanitarian Efforts (Winter cloth distribution, helping
disaster victims etc.)
 Participation in the Social Events (Being partner in
Events like fair, assistance etc.)
 Observing Open House Day
 Blood Donation
 Victim Support Center

Performing Internationally
 Addressing Transnational Crimes (Interpol,
SAARCPol etc)
 UN Peacekeeping Missions

Preventive Functions Of Police
 Prevent misdeeds arresting suspected criminals.
 Arrests law violators and bring them before the court.
 Section 149 to 153 of CrPC elaborate preventive actions
of police
 Section-149. Police to prevent cognizable offences
 Section-150. Information of design to commit such offences
 Section-151. Arrest to prevent such offences
 Section-152. Prevention of injury to public property
 Section-153. Inspection of weights and measures
 Section 54 empowers to arrest a person on suspicion.
 Thus police can prevent the commission of any
cognizable offence.

Functions Of Investigations
 Police is the principal state agency to investigate
criminal activities
 Sections 154 to 176 of CrPC empower police to
investigate any case
 Under section 60 & 61 of CrPC , police take the arrestee
before a Magistrate
 After filing an FIR, police immediately investigate as per
section 156 of CrPC
 Police can seek remand to complete investigation as per
section 167 of CrPC
 After investigation police serve ‘Charge-sheet’ or ‘Final
Report’ as per section 173 of CrPC

Interrogation By Police
 For investigation Police can keep a person detained for
24 hours, if remand granted, for highest 15 days(s/167).
 S/161(2) provides directions should be followed by
Police when investigation
 Section 25 of the Evidence Act,1872 provides safeguards
to a person interrogative by Police
 Article 35(4) provides safeguards to an arrestee

Search And Seizure By Police
 Sections 96, 105 of CrPC deal with the procedures how a
search should be conducted.
 May search with or without warrant.
 Usually a Magistrate issue a search warrant mentioning
some guidelines.
 Search should be made in day time in the presence two
independent witnesses of the locality.
 Given many authorities to make search, seize any
suspicious property, call witness to attend in the court.

Inquiry And Report On Suicide And Unnatural
Death
 On receipt of any information of death by suicide, killed
by another or suspicious death, Police shall immediately
inform the nearest Magistrate.
 Shall Report on wounds, fractures, marks of injury.
 If any doubt, the police officer shall forward the body to
the nearest Civil Surgeon to be examined.

Functions As Prosecutor
 When any crime has been committed, the responsibility
lies with the state to bring the culprits before a court.
 On behalf of the state, police investigate the case.
 Police also helps the Public Prosecutor to conduct the
case.
 Actually their collaboration with each other may come
out successfully in redressing a crime.

• Collaboration with
other forces
• Sharing data with
neighboring countries
• Access to NTMC
• Mental illness &
suicidal
tendencies
• Drug
• Extremism
• Cyber crime
• Keeping up to date
on crime trends
• Police
accountability &
transparency
• Well organized
• Committed to
service
• Community
outreach
• Equipment &
training
S W
O
T
Strength Weakness
Opportunity
Threat
SWOT Analysis

Our Achievements
 Eliminate terrorism, drugs, militancy.
 Increasing public involvement through community
policing to curb crime and criminals.
 Introduction of beat policing activities.
 Organizing awareness meetings with owners, drivers and
helpers to control road accidents.
 To introduce student community policing to prevent
child marriage and prostitution.
 Prompt disposal of complaints received through 999.
 Issuance of police clearance certificate through online.
 Providing legal assistance to women and children
through Women Support Centre.

Problems & Challenges
 Controlling the internal law and order.
 Improving the service delivery management.
 Combating cybercrime using ICT.
 Combating transnational crime.
 Strengthening community policing activities.
 Strengthening anti- terrorist operations, and including
religious and educational institutions.
 The spread of awareness activities against terrorist activities.
 Insufficient manpower and logistics support.

Any Questions