The course is organised by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) with the assistance of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Bangladesh Police, USAID and Family Health International (FHI), Bangladesh, under the project titled 'Police, prisons, narcotics and community service: A tripartite project to reduce crime, drug dependence and to prevent the spread of HIV in Dhaka city'. The course is designed for the sub-inspectors (SI), assistant sub-inspector (ASI) and constables of selected police stations of Dhaka.

The objective of the training is to educate the police personnel about the dangers of drug dependency, related risk of HIV/AIDS, their own risks and well-being of their families and society. The ultimate desire of the initiative is to develop progressive and empathetic behavior of the police personnel towards drug dependents, facilitating referral to treatment and rehabilitation and thereby reduction of HIV infection related with injecting drug users.

Additional DIG and Commandant of the Detective Training School Dr Md Abdur Rahim chaired the inaugural session of the training course. Mohammad Hadis Uddin, former inspector general of Police and coordinator of South-South Centre, Bangladesh attended the session as the chief guest.

Dr Amzad Ali, national programme officer of IOM, delivered the welcome speech while Program Officer of Family Health International, Bangladesh Sk Jahangir Hossain also attended.

The speakers hoped that the police personnel who attended the course would utilise their knowledge to create awareness among the police personnel and play a positive role to prevent drug dependency and reduce the risk of HIV/AIDS.