Services of police must be taken at doorsteps of the mass people for the interest of ensuring smooth law and order in the society as well as establishing rule of law in the country. Every member of our police force has to be worked with humanity, sincerity and integrity in this regard. There were wrong and negative ideas about our police from the beginning and for this reason the people fear and feel hasitation to come to our police stations for legal aid. So, our police no longer wants to go ahead with these problems and now are determined to provide quicker and better services to the justice seekers. It’s possible through decentralisation of the service through ‘Beat Policing’ at district, uapzila, union and ward level.
Superintendent of police in Rangamati Md. Alamgir Kabir here on Saturday said this while addressing a view exchange meeting on the eve of coming ‘Durga Puja and Beat Policing’.
District Police organised the meeting at hall room of Police Pallwel Park in the town. Chaired by SP, the meeting was also attended, by additional SP Md. Sufi Ullah (admin and crime), additional SP (sadar circle) Tapas Ranjan Ghosh, Puja Udjapan Parishad leaders Amar Dey and Badal Kanti Dey. Under the ‘Beat Policing’ activity, a beat officer (sub-inspector) will be in-charged in every ward at municipal and union areas. Concerned beat officer has to be dealt with all kinds of criminal activities in maintaining law and order in his jurisdiction. Activities of a ‘Beat Officer’ will be holding interaction and keeping smooth relation with people, counselling, preparation of area map, making lists of criminals and crimes, important persons, newly built structures, expatriates, new comers or strangers, caretakers, collection of secret information about various crimes and sending of monthly report to the higher authority. Maintaining utmost transparency will be the first and foremost duty for every officer.
Officer in-charge (OC) of police stations can play conducive role to pave the way for properly implementation of programme. In each month the OCs must hold meeting with the beat officers for better functioning of police service.
SP said that ‘Beat Policing’ system will make so easy in the case of availing legal aid by the common people. In this process, people can filed their allegations to the beat officers in their respective areas, and they don’t need to come to the police stations, pointed out SP.
He urged all concerned to come forward with positive attitudes to assist the police for the greater interest.
Besides, police beat officers, union parishad chairmen, members, traditional leaders---headmen and karbaries, poura councilors and local journalists were present and shared their opinions.
