Dhaka Metropolitan Police ঢাকা মেট্রোপলিটন পুলিশ | |
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Abbreviation | DMP |
Motto | শান্তি শপথে বলিয়ান |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 1 February, 1976 |
Employees | 34,000 |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Constituting instrument |
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General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | 36 Shaheed Captain Mansur Ali Sarani, Ramna, Dhaka 1217 |
Elected officer responsible | |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | Bangladesh Police |
Units | CTTC, SWAT, Detective Branch |
Facilities | |
Stations | 50 |
Website | |
dmp.gov.bd |
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) is the unit of Bangladesh Police responsible for law enforcement in the metropolis of Dhaka, the national capital and most populous city in Bangladesh. The DMP is the largest police force unit in Bangladesh. At present the DMP commissioner is Habibur Rahman. [1] [2]
During a major reorganization and expansion of Bangladesh's national police forces, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) was established on 1 February 1976 to maintain law and order in the country's capital and largest city. It initially had 6,000 personnel in 12 police stations. [3] With the rapid population growth of the city, the need of an expanded and better equipped police increased. The government planned a major expansion of police. Consequently, the establishment of 50 police stations has been completed. [3] [4] The number of personnel has been expanded, with newer ranks and officer corps. [3] During the tenure of Asaduzzaman Mia as DMP Commissioner, general diary (GD) format was introduced in every police station, an e-traffic prosecution system was introduced and information of Dhaka residents was stored on a digital database to reduce crimes. [5]
Holey Artisan
The attack started at about 21:40 local time. Alerted by the gunfire, Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective Rabiul Karim and officer-in-charge Salauddin Khan started to investigate. Other police officers responded, arriving at the restaurant. The attackers then engaged in a shootout with the police. Police cordoned off the area around the restaurant and planned a rescue raid. The attackers however threw grenades and fired, killing officers Karim and Khan. [6] [7]
DMP Commissioner, Asaduzzaman Mia, and several officers struck inside and opened fire on the militants in an attempt to rescue civilians from the site. 9 people were brought back from the site in the attempt. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was briefed by the Commissioner and she instructed him to move away with his men and informed him the Army Chief Belal Shafiul Huq was on his way from Sylhet. [8] He has been known as one of the figurehead who contributed in uprooting terrorism from the country. [9]
The current total strength of stands at around more than 34,000 (including ministerial staff) personnel and 50 police stations. [3] [4] The DMP organisation is divided into 42 divisions headed by five additional commissioners aided by joint commissioners, deputy commissioners, additional deputy commissioners and assistant commissioners. [3] Here is the DMP organogram in brief:
The SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) is another elite tactical unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police which was established on 28 February 2009. SWAT is operated under the Special Action Group of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
The Cyber Security & Crime Division, more commonly known as the Cyber Crime Division, is a branch of Bangladesh Police which is operated under the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. [13] [14]
Female officers were first inducted into the DMP in 1978. [15] [16]
The Special Women Police Contingent (SWPC) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police was created in 2008 to specifically track female criminals involved in activities such as prostitution, drug smuggling and human trafficking, theft, homicide and swindling. [17] With increasing proportions of female criminals in Bangladesh, the SWPC, composing entirely of female officers, would be used to gather intelligence that men are seen as less capable of gathering. [17] [18]
The Special Women Police Contingent (SWPC) was formed in 2008 with the intention of developing a special unit consisting only of women that would investigate crimes involving female criminals. Bangladesh Narcotics Control Department reported that as many as 100,000 people were engaged in drug trafficking, of whom 40 percent were women. [17] [19] Bangladesh Police considered male officers to be less effective than women in gathering information and investigating crimes involving women and had already been using female police officers more in tackling crimes involving female criminals. [17] As an all-women force, the SWPC is the first of its kind in Bangladesh's history. [17]
Bangladesh Police plan to raise such units across the country. [19] Currently, there are roughly 2,000 women officers in Bangladesh Police - less than two percent of the total force and one-third of whom are deployed in Dhaka. [17] Bangladesh Police plan to train and hire 3,000 women officers to bolster the SWPC. [17] [19] An Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of the Dhaka SWPC who leads a detective force of 24 women officers. [19]
The DMP also collaborates and maintains organizational links with the Bangladesh Ansar, Border Guard Bangladesh, Special Branch, Bangladeshi intelligence community, Rapid Action Battalion and other national security agencies.
Name | Dates in Office |
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Habibur Rahman | 30 September 2023 - Present |
Khandker Golam Faruq | 29 October 2022 - 30 September 2023 |
Shafiqul Islam | 13 September 2019 – 29 October 2022 [39] |
Asaduzzaman Mia | 8 January 2015 - 13 September 2019 |
Benazir Ahmed | 14 October 2010 - 8 January 2015 |
A. K. M. Shahidul Haque | 18 March 2009 - 14 October 2010 [40] |
Naeem Ahmed | 30 January 2007 - 15 March 2009 |
ABM Bazlur Rahman | 3 November 2006 - 30 January 2007 |
Naeem Ahmed | 2 November 2006 - 3 November 2006 |
SM Mizanur Rahman | 15 December 2004 - 2 November 2006 |
Md. Ashraful Huda | 20 May 2003 - 15 December 2004 |
Md. Abdul Qayyum | 11 November 2001 - 20 May 2003 |
Md. Anwarul Iqbal | 26 August 2001 - 11 November 2001 |
Qutbur Rahman | 3 August 2001 - 26 August 2001 |
Md. Matiur Rahman | 18 January 2000 - 3 August 2001 |
A. K. M. Shamsuddin | 15 November 1998 - 18 January 2000 |
A. F. M. Mahmoud-Al Farid | 17 November 1997 - 15 November 1998 |
A. K. Al Mamun | 17 October 1996 - 17 November 1997 |
Mohammad Salam | 24 April 1996 - 17 October 1996 |
A. N. Hussain | 21 March 1993 - 24 April 1996 |
Mirza Rakibul Huda | 4 April 1992 - 21 March 1993 |
Md. Ashraful Huda | 12 December 1991 - 3 April 1992 |
Mohammad Salam | 17 October 1991 - 12 December 1991 |
A. S. M. Shahjahan | 2 January 1991 - 16 October 1991 |
Golam Morshed | 19 November 1990 - 2 January 1991 |
M. Enamul Haque | 26 August 1990 - 19 September 1990 |
Mohammad Salam | 8 April 1990 - 26 August 1990 |
A. M. M. Nasrullah Khan | 22 April 1987 - 8 April 1990 |
A. H. M. B. Zaman | 4 April 1984 - 22 April 1987 |
Abdur Rakib Khandaker | 10 March 1983 - 4 April 1984 |
M. Azizul Haq | 2 August 1982 - 10 March 1983 |
Muhammad Habibur Rahman | 2 August 1982 - 2 July 1982 |
Abdur Rakib Khandaker | 2 February 1979 - 8 February 1982 |
A. M. M. Aminur Rahman | 28 December 1976 - 2 February 1979 |
E. A. Chowdhury | 1 February 1976 - 24 December 1976 |
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