The
primary responsibility of the police is to serve the people and enhance
the image of the police force through positive work for the nation,
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md Sajjad Ali said
on Saturday.
He made the remarks while speaking as chief guest at
a welfare meeting held at the Shaheed SI Shahjahan Auditorium of Public
Order Management (POM) in Mirpur.
"Our main job is to serve the
people. We have to take the image of the police to a unique height by
doing positive work for the people of the country," said the DMP
Commissioner. Police is committed to fulfilling both students' and
public expectations the DMP Commissioner added.
He also
underlined the importance of professionalism in all police work, saying,
"Every work in the service of the people must be done with
professionalism. OCs will be fired in just one minute for refusing to
register cases."
Faruk Ahmed, Additional Commissioner of Police
(Admin), said restructuring the police force after it had collapsed in
the face of changing circumstances was a significant challenge. "We have
gradually overcome these difficulties.
Joint Police Commissioner (POM) Khandaker Faridul Islam delivered the welcome speech at the welfare meeting.
The
event was attended by Additional Police Commissioner (Crime and
Operations) Md Israil Howlader, Additional Police Commissioner
(Intelligence) Rezaul Karim Mallick, Additional Police Commissioner
(Traffic) Khandaker Nazmul Hasan PPM (Bar), Additional Police
Commissioner (Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime) Md. Masud
Karim, Joint Police Commissioners, Deputy Police Commissioners, and
other officers of various ranks from the DMP.
