The police have not been able to stand straight from the pit they fell into after the fall of the Hasina government. The law enforcement force is trying to come back in a new form after overcoming various crises, limitations and disasters. On the one hand, normalizing the law and order situation, speeding up the movement of the forces, on the other hand, gaining public trust. Institutional reform is going on keeping these two challenges in front.
In this background, the stakeholders feel that it is important for the police to work transparently and without political influence. Meanwhile, the police is going through a change in the new situation. Every day after August 5, new faces are coming to different positions of the police. In the last three months, the transfer and promotion of the storm speed! At this time, 45 thousand 42 members have been reshuffled against 2 lakh 2 thousand uniformed policemen across the country. Accordingly, about 25 percent of police chairs have changed. It is unprecedented for so many policemen to change jobs in a short period of time.
But like some, new hires take some time to learn about the criminal network in their area. Criminals can take advantage of this. After a few days, the effect of the changes will be visible. Because, the challenge of dealing with new incidents and unpleasant situations is constantly coming in front of the police.
Analyzing the information received from a responsible source in the police headquarters, 18 additional IGP chairs have been transferred since August 5. The list of reshuffle includes DIG 124, Additional DIG 161, Superintendent of Police 244, Additional Superintendent of Police 400, Assistant Superintendent of Police 227. Apart from this, non-cadre posts reshuffled Inspector (Unarmed) 2 thousand 112, Inspector (Armed) 43, Inspector (Town and Vehicles) 294, Sub-Inspector (SI) 4 thousand 116, Sergeant 188, TSI 27, SI (Unarmed) 78, ASI 4 thousand 668, ATSI 57, ASI (Armed) 245 and Naik 615. And 31 thousand 424 constables were reshuffled in three months.
According to the sources of the police headquarters, there are currently 2 lakh 13 thousand members working in the police. Among them, civil members are about 11,000. And the number of uniformed policemen is 2 lakh 2 thousand. Among them, the number of cadre posts is 3500; The rest are non-cadre. There are about 1 lakh 75 thousand constables among the policemen. There are 22 additional posts of IGP among the cadre members of the police force. 87 posts of DIG. Superintendent of Police 586 people.
According to the sources of Home Ministry, Police Headquarters and DMP, there was a change in the post of Inspector General of Police on August 6 after the fall of the government. Moinul Islam was appointed. After that, various positions of the police started changing one by one. Many were fired from their jobs. Some are attached to different units. Many people come to new responsibilities after being promoted. For the last 15 and a half years, those who were in unimportant positions, kept coming to the forefront. Many of the ‘deprived’ officials became influential.
The largest and most important unit of the police is the DMP. This unit has about 32 thousand members. For the past 15 and a half years, the same face has been rotating in various important positions including the OC of 50 police stations of DMP. Many honest, efficient and competent officials are deprived of it. Breaking that ring of DMP was quite difficult. There was an officer in Gulshan Division, who served in the same unit for more than a century. He has served consecutively in the OC, Assistant Superintendent of Police and Additional Superintendent of Police departments.
Two police officers, on condition of anonymity, said that apart from efficient, impartial, qualified officers, many officers have served in DMP for years through nepotism and financial transactions. Some have worked with transparency in some departments. Many of them are in trouble due to the damadol of reshuffle. In addition to OC in 50 police stations of DMP, all crime departments have been reshuffled.
According to the OC recruitment policy, the maximum age limit for appointment to this post is 54 years. However, police inspectors above 54 years of age are being promoted to the post of OC in many police stations. Three in some police stations
Had to change OC multiple times within a month.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Additional Commissioner (Administration) Farooq Ahmed said, there was no alternative to transfer. Not everyone is wrong. The local people in the police station and outpost could not accept the old policeman. The police have to work together with the community. So it had to be changed.
Many senior members are becoming OCs – he said, in DMP we are trying to hire younger policemen. But experience and qualification are often seen in case of OC. All have training; No one is less qualified. Newcomers in DMP are given a detailed idea about the type of work in Dhaka by being brought under various types of training, motivational training and orientation program.
When asked if the extensive reshuffling of specialized unit members would have a negative impact on work, he said, the specialized unit members are not being transferred simultaneously. If someone is removed from cyber, someone who has worked with another unit’s cyber is being brought in.
When asked what kind of effect the reshuffle of so many policemen has had within the force, Farooq Ahmed said, “No one should stay in one unit for long.” This leads to inertia at work; Loses enthusiasm to do new things.
Police headquarters spokesperson AIG Inamul Haque Sagar said the reshuffle is to speed up the police. They are working with professionalism. Transfers and postings are being done on the basis of merit and merit.
In this regard, former Inspector General of Police Muhammad Nurul Huda said, the matter of transfer is an administrative decision. As the country has changed, the police has also undergone major changes. What will be the result – it will take more time to understand. Those who have no complaints, good performance and documentary record, should be posted in good places.
Those concerned say that it is important to have a policy for promotion, posting and training of policemen. It should be followed properly. Then there will be no chance for anyone to be aggrieved about the promotion or posting.
Talking to seven officers of various units of the police, it is known that after the fall of the Awami League government, there was a demand to organize the force from within the police. The police members protested on 11-point demands, including depoliticizing the police. In the meantime, the government has formed a commission to reform the police force. They are also working. Again several committees were formed from within the police. According to some police officials, there is a need to identify those who have been involved in controversial activities in the past, as well as to ensure that no one who is honest and competent is included in the mass transfer or punishment list. The force will be quickly turned around by restoring morale when professional officers are given the responsibility of important posts.
Three police constables and a sergeant said their names are on the transfer list. The wife of one of them is pregnant. One’s son studied in Dhaka. They are quite confused due to sudden transfer. In this regard, the police administration says that if someone has any kind of humanitarian issue, it is being taken into consideration. DMP Additional Commissioner Farooq said that the transfer of 1,100 members of DMP was canceled due to various humanitarian reasons.
Recently in Khulna it has been seen that a novel procedure has been followed in the transfer of police. Recruitment of policemen is done through open lottery. The policemen claim that this has ended the long-standing posting trade.
Meanwhile, the police headquarters said in a notification on August 31 that a gang is demanding money by threatening the transfer of policemen to different units. Everyone is requested to be careful from such scams.
Recently, Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (retd.) Md. regarding the law and order situation. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said that the law and order situation in the country has improved a little but it is not satisfactory. As you know, we are changing almost all the police in Dhaka. It will take time to even recognize them. It will take time to establish their intelligence network. But the situation is slowly improving. There will be further improvements ahead.
Source: samakal