DMP introduces Open Day at 33 police stations
Sunday, 12 August 2007
]The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Saturday introduced 'Open Day,' the day in a week it has set aside to contact people directly, reports bdnews24.com.
DMP Naim Ahmed, introduced the day through a press conference at his office midday Saturday.
At the inaugural function, the police commissioner said that the 'Open Day' programme would start at 11.00 am every Saturday. Members of the police would talk directly to and exchange views with representatives of different professional organisations at their respective thanas with the aim of creating police-people participation in all issues including in checking crime.
Naim Ahmed said that the 'Open Day' had been introduced through the police reform programme under the Community Policing Policy. A total of 33 thanas of Dhaka metropolis would come under the programme.
He said that a programme titled 'service delivery' had already been started in every thana in the metropolis to serve the people. He said that the sufferings of foreign-bound people had lessened substantially with the introduction of another programme titled "One Stop Service".
The new programme would bridge the gap between the police and the common people, he said.
The DMP Commissioner directed all concerned to remain alert so that no criminal could get involved in the programme.
Under the 'Open Day' programme at least 30 members would work in every thana. The Deputy Police Commissioner or Additional Deputy Police Commissioner of the zone concerned would preside over the meeting. Besides, attendance of officers concerned of every zone would be mandatory.
The programme would include taking decisions at the meetings, sincerely implementing them, increasing the speed of the programme in phases, monitoring by the DMP headquarters and distributing the minutes of every meeting among all concerned.
DMP Naim Ahmed, introduced the day through a press conference at his office midday Saturday.
At the inaugural function, the police commissioner said that the 'Open Day' programme would start at 11.00 am every Saturday. Members of the police would talk directly to and exchange views with representatives of different professional organisations at their respective thanas with the aim of creating police-people participation in all issues including in checking crime.
Naim Ahmed said that the 'Open Day' had been introduced through the police reform programme under the Community Policing Policy. A total of 33 thanas of Dhaka metropolis would come under the programme.
He said that a programme titled 'service delivery' had already been started in every thana in the metropolis to serve the people. He said that the sufferings of foreign-bound people had lessened substantially with the introduction of another programme titled "One Stop Service".
The new programme would bridge the gap between the police and the common people, he said.
The DMP Commissioner directed all concerned to remain alert so that no criminal could get involved in the programme.
Under the 'Open Day' programme at least 30 members would work in every thana. The Deputy Police Commissioner or Additional Deputy Police Commissioner of the zone concerned would preside over the meeting. Besides, attendance of officers concerned of every zone would be mandatory.
The programme would include taking decisions at the meetings, sincerely implementing them, increasing the speed of the programme in phases, monitoring by the DMP headquarters and distributing the minutes of every meeting among all concerned.