Law enforcement in Bangladesh
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Bangladesh Police বাংলাদেশ পুলিশ বাংলাদেশ আরক্ষা |
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| Common name | পুলিশ (Police) | ||||
| Abbreviation | BP | ||||
Patch of Bangladesh Police
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Logo of Bangladesh Police
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| Motto | শৃঙ্খলা নিরাপত্তা প্রগতি Discipline Security Progress |
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| Agency overview | |||||
| Employees | 141,123 | ||||
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency | ||||
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| National agency | Bangladesh | ||||
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| Map of Bangladesh Police's jurisdiction. | |||||
| Size | 147,570 km2 (56,977 sq mi) | ||||
| Population | 162,221,000 | ||||
| Constituting instrument | The Police Act, 1861 | ||||
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| Headquarters | 6, Phoenix Road, Fulbaria, Dhaka - 1000 | ||||
| Agency executive | AKM Shahidul Haque, BPM, PPM,, Inspector General of Police | ||||
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| Stations | 636(chandragonj,Lokkhipur) | ||||
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| Award | Bangladesh Police Medal (BPM), Bangladesh Police Medal - Seba (BPM-Seba), President Police Medal (PPM), President Police Medal - Seba (PPM-Seba) |
The Bangladesh Police (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ পুলিশ ) is the main law enforcement agency of Bangladesh. It is administered under the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of Bangladesh. It plays a crucial role in maintaining peace, and enforcement of law and order within Bangladesh. Though the police are primarily concerned with the maintenance of law and order and security of persons and property of individuals, they also play a big role in the criminal justice system.
Details of policing activities during the middle age are also challenging to find. However, during the periods of the great sultans, an official holding the position of Muhtasib used to perform the duties of policing. This person was the chief of police, in charge of public works, and the inspector of public ethics simultaneously. In urban areas, Kotwals were responsible for performing police duties. The policing system introduced by Sher Shah Suri was further organised during the period of Emperor Akbar: the Emperor organised his administrative structure introducing Fouzdari (the principal representative of the Emperor), Mir Adal and Kazi (the head of judicial department), and Kotwal (the chief police official of larger cities). This system was effective in maintaining the law and order in cities, and was implemented in Dhaka. Many district sadar police stations are still called Kotwali police stations. In the Mughal period, Kotwal emerged as an institution.
A Fouzdar was appointed to every administrative unit of the government (district), under whom there were some artillery and cavalry forces. There was a disciplined police system during the Mughal period, though there was no professional police force like that in the British period.
In the early stage of the Industrial Revolution, when England was facing grave crisis due to socio-economic transformation, the necessity of an effective organised police service was keenly felt. Sir Robert Peel, then the Prime Minister, introduced a bill in the British Parliament in 1829 which created an organised civil police in London. The success of the London police in controlling social disorder and crime was admired by not only the people of England but also of European and American countries: New York city copied the London model with some modifications when it organised the first Municipal Police Force, in 1833.
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