{"id":7027,"date":"2019-09-16T03:12:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T03:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deshmediabd.info\/?p=7027"},"modified":"2019-09-16T03:12:05","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T03:12:05","slug":"pm-asks-police-to-be-friend-of-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/?p=7027","title":{"rendered":"PM asks police to be friend of people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today<br \/>\ncalled upon the probationary police officers to be \u201cfriend of the people\u201d<br \/>\nduring their bad time as she addressed the passing-out parade of the 36th BCS<br \/>\nbatch of assistant superintendents of police (ASPs) here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrepare your mindset to be friend of the people whenever they are in<br \/>\ndanger as you are going to enter your professional life upon completion (one-<br \/>\nyear) the basic training,\u201d she told the function at Bangladesh Police Academy<br \/>\nin Sardah.<\/p>\n<p>She expressed her firm belief that the new police officers would engage in<br \/>\nensuring overall welfare of the country with their acquired knowledge,<br \/>\ndiscipline, professionalism, honesty, and integrity.<\/p>\n<p>The premier reminded the fresher that their fathers, mothers, sisters and<br \/>\nbrothers are among the people, saying, \u201cSo, you should dedicate yourselves to<br \/>\nserving the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recalling the first passing out parade of Bangladesh Police that was<br \/>\nreviewed by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on May 9,<br \/>\nin 1972, she said that Bangabandhu had developed the police force likewise<br \/>\nother organizations of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The premier quoting Bangabandhu as saying, \u201cYou are the police of an<br \/>\nindependent country. You are not the police of foreign ruler, but police of<br \/>\nthe people. Your duty is to serve the people, love the people and help the<br \/>\npeople in their bad days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The government has already introduced \u2018999\u2019 emergency service and people are<br \/>\ngetting required help from the police after calling over the phone, she said,<br \/>\nadding, \u201cYou should do such works regularly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister highly appreciated the police force for their recent<br \/>\nrecruitment of 10,000 police constables without committing any corruption and<br \/>\ngetting bribes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis approach is helping police gain people\u2019s confidence and trust in<br \/>\nthem,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Urging the police members to gain people\u2019s confidence and trust, the prime<br \/>\nminister said they will have to work in such a way that the people think that<br \/>\nthe police will help them.<\/p>\n<p>Recalling the contribution of police in the Liberation War, the premier<br \/>\nsaid that Bangladesh Police had been rewarded with the \u201cIndependence Award<br \/>\n2011\u201d for their glorious contribution to the 1971 war.<\/p>\n<p>She also directed the new ASPs to uphold the glorious role of Bangladesh<br \/>\nPolice personnel during the Great War of Liberation following the path of<br \/>\ntheir predecessors with patriotism, professionalism and unbound bravery.<\/p>\n<p>On her arrival near the saluting dais, the prime minister was received by<br \/>\nHome minister Asaduzzaman Khan, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Mohammad<br \/>\nJaved Patwary and Principal of the Bangladesh Police Academy Mohammad Najibur<br \/>\nRahman.<\/p>\n<p>The premier was given a guard of honour by a smartly turned out police<br \/>\ncontingent.<\/p>\n<p>Ministers, parliament members, diplomats of different countries, high civil<br \/>\nand military officials were present on the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Probationary officer Sarmin Akter Chumki conducted the parade as the parade<br \/>\ncommander.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister said that the government is continuously implementing<br \/>\nvarious development programmes for the police alongside providing them with<br \/>\nfacilities such as accommodation, ration, treatment, logistics, vehicles and<br \/>\ntrainings.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Hasina took salute, reviewed the parade by riding on an open jeep<br \/>\nand distributed medals among the best probationary ASPs.<\/p>\n<p>As many as 117 ASPs, including 17 female ones, took part in the training.<\/p>\n<p>Among the trainees, Md Khairul Kabir received the award of \u201cBest Shooter\u201d,<br \/>\nwhile Md Abdullah-Al-Mamun of \u201cBest Field Performer\u201d, Md Salahuddin, of \u201cBest<br \/>\nHorsemanship\u201d, Saiful Islam Khan of \u201cBest Academic\u201d and Md Salahuddin of<br \/>\n\u201cBest Probationer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister later planted sapling of a mango tree on the academy<br \/>\ncampus.<\/p>\n<p>She also took part in a photo session with the probationary officers.<\/p>\n<p>The premier also cut a cake marking the passing out parade of the ASP\u2019s<br \/>\n36th BCS batch.<\/p>\n<p>Mentioning that the stable law and order situation is a pre-requisite for<br \/>\nthe country\u2019s development, Sheikh Hasina asked the police force to remain<br \/>\nalert to maintain the law and order for country\u2019s overall development.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister said \u201cThe pace of economic activities is accelerated<br \/>\nthrough ensuring peace and stability,\u201d adding that Bangladesh will be free<br \/>\nfrom hunger and poverty as dreamt by the Father of the Nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBangladesh is going ahead economically. The government is continuously<br \/>\nrecruiting manpower in police for giving the people services. As many as<br \/>\n49,200 police personnel have already been recruited in the force,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She said to build a secured peaceful country, her government has been<br \/>\nimplementing a massive work plan for raising overall capability of the police<br \/>\nby strengthening its infrastructure and human resources management.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister however highly appreciated the police force for<br \/>\nsuccessfully containing the terrorism and militancy and asked them to<br \/>\ncontinue the ongoing crackdown on drugs until stamping out the social menace.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting various measures for the overall development of the police,<br \/>\nshe said \u201cWe have formed various special units for Bangladesh police such as<br \/>\n\u201cAnti-Terrorism Unit\u201d for combating terrorism and militancy, industrial<br \/>\npolice, Police Bureau of Investigation, tourist police, naval police and two<br \/>\nsecurity and protection battalions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The premier also said that initiative has already been taken to form a<br \/>\n\u201cGuard and Protection Police\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She stressed the need for taking proper training to accelerate the<br \/>\nprofessional excellence of the police force.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/deshmediabd.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/422.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"491\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/422.jpg 696w, https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/422-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the probationary police officers to be \u201cfriend of the people\u201d during their bad time as she addressed the passing-out parade of the 36th BCS batch of assistant superintendents of police (ASPs) here. \u201cPrepare your mindset to be friend of the people whenever they are in danger as you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,14,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-14","category-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7029,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7027\/revisions\/7029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}