DMP to contact citizens about service at police stations: Shafiqul
A team from Dhaka Metropolitan Police Headquarters will contact service seekers of police stations over phone every day, to know whether they faced any harassment and misbehavior or had to give money to get service.
Md Shafiqul Islam, commissioner of DMP, yesterday revealed the plan while addressing a programme at Rajarbagh Police Lines.
The DMP Headquarters will deliver two tabulated forms -- one for general diaries and another for cases -- to police stations across the city.
Law enforcers at police stations will have to fill those out with briefs of GDs and cases along with contact numbers of complainants, and send them to the DMP headquarters at noon every day.
“In the afternoon, a team from my office will contact complainants, and ask questions like how was the quality of service; were they compelled to give money, how was the behaviour of police and did they face any harassment,” said the DMP boss, who took over helm of the force on September 3.
The DMP chief also instructed to put up signboards in public places, displaying phone numbers of assistant commissioners (AC), additional deputy commissioners (ADC) and deputy commissioner (DC) of the area concerned. He urged city dwellers to inform higher officials of any irregularities at police stations.
Contacted last night, several officers-in-charge (OC) of different police stations said the DC, ADCs and ACs have been sitting at the police stations for the last three days and monitoring activities.
They have been spending around two hours there, and contacting people who filed GDs or cases to know how they were treated.
At the programme, the DMP boss also warned of action against police personnel involved in drug-related offences. “You [police officials] will not take drugs. If any police official does so, contact immediately with your DC concerned. We will arrange for his or her treatment,” he said.
Even after that, if anyone is found positive in dope test, they will be sacked, he warned.
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