Various demands of senior police officers including housing, budget-structure reforms
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Police budget-structure reform, 999 service manpower crisis resolution, increase in financial capacity of IGP, rescheduling of training allowance, increase in manpower in police hospital have been given several demands by senior police officers.
On the occasion of Police Week-2026, they raised these demands in a meeting with two Ministers and Finance Secretary at Rajarbagh Police Lines on Tuesday night. Several police officers present at the meeting told Prothom Alo about this.
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Additional DIG Atiya Husna made three recommendations on financial management. Firstly, he demanded to create separate ‘Office ID’ for different units like CID and Naval Police. He said that budget allocation and financial management are getting complicated due to lack of ID.
Secondly, he proposed to increase the financial capacity of the IGP to speed up the administrative work of the huge force of 2 lakh 18 thousand members. Apart from this, Atiya Husna also recommended to increase the financial power of awarding Superintendent of Police (SP) and above officials.
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The Police Headquarters has submitted two proposals to the Ministry of Finance to increase the capacity of the National Emergency Service 999 and to reduce the manpower shortage in police hospitals. Additional Deputy Inspector General Mahbubul Karim said that the 999 service receives about 25,000 calls every day. But with only 198 manpower, we are struggling to handle this huge task.
Mahbubul Karim said that the proposal to recruit 351 new manpower for 999 has been sent to the Ministry of Finance, which needs to be approved quickly. Besides highlighting the manpower crisis in the police hospital, he said, the proposal of 924 manpower for the central hospital and 629 manpower for the regional level is under process. The official requested the speedy approval of these proposals to ensure the health care of the policemen.
Sarda Police Academy Principal and Additional IGP Azizur Rahman has proposed to increase the food and training allowance of policemen under training. He said that cadet sub-inspectors and trainee constables work hard physically and mentally for 15-16 hours daily. It is difficult to ensure nutritious food in the current market rate of Rs 5,000 monthly food allowance for them. Azizur Rahman proposed to increase this food allowance to 7 thousand 500 taka. Apart from this, he demanded that the training allowance of cadet sub-inspectors be increased from 2 thousand to 3 thousand and that of constables from 1 thousand 500 to 2 thousand 500. The Additional IGP said that if proper nutrition and financial support is ensured, the quality of training and the future capacity of the police will be enhanced.
Dhaka Range DIG Rezaul Karim Mallick has demanded government accommodation for heads of important police units in Dhaka. Raising this demand to Housing and Public Works Minister Zakaria Taher, he said that though there is a residence for Divisional Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner or Superintendent of Police, Dhaka Range DIG does not have any permanent bungalow.
Stating that the DIG has to perform 24-hour duty to maintain law and order, Rezaul Karim Mallick said that many times urgent administrative and operational work has to be handled from the residence. So having a permanent residence is essential. Apart from this, he also proposed separate government accommodation for heads of other important units of Dhaka including Additional IGP (Administration), SB, CID, PBI, ATU.
On the other hand, Barisal Range DIG Mostafizur Rahman has proposed to introduce ‘Witness Allowance’ for common people and retired policemen. He said, if this allowance is introduced, the presence of witnesses in the court will be ensured and the trial process will be speedy. He requested the Ministry of Finance for a policy decision and necessary budget allocation in this regard.
Public Administration Minister Abdul Bari has commented that even though the scope and pressure of police work has increased manifold in the past four decades, it has not been possible to ensure logistics and housing facilities. He said that nowadays, as the nature of crime is multi-dimensional and performing 24-hour duty, the mental and physical pressure on the policemen is increasing.
The Public Administration Minister pointed out that many police units are still working with old infrastructure and limited facilities. Although some initiatives have been taken in the past, many works remain incomplete due to lack of continuity. He feels that a step-by-step solution is needed to overcome this situation.
Drawing the attention of Finance Minister and Finance Secretary, Abdul Bari said that maintaining law and order is the main basis of stability and security of the state. Therefore, there is a need to be sensitive to the urgent and long-standing needs of the police and take the initiative to find a realistic solution.
Housing and Public Works Minister Zakaria Taher has expressed concern about their working environment and housing, although the role of the police is important in maintaining the law and order situation in the country. He said that many police station buildings and residences of officials are dilapidated and unsuitable.
Citing the dilapidated condition of a police station in his area and the residence of the OC, the minister said that it is important to ensure safe and dignified accommodation for those who are serving day and night. He wants the finance ministry’s budget support to eliminate this crisis.
The Housing and Public Works Minister assured that his ministry will take necessary initiatives to improve the housing of senior officials working in different places including Dhaka. He also said that new modern and sustainable projects are being taken to meet the crisis of government accommodation.
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