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Organisation of Bangladesh Police

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Criminal Investigation Department (CID)

    The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is a special unit of Bangladesh Police responsible for carrying out investigations into crimes grievous in nature, including terrorism, murders and organized crime. It also gives forensic support to law enforcing agencies. It is headquartered in Malibag, Dhaka, and maintains two training schools named the Detective Training School and the Forensic Training Institute.

Railway Police (GRP)

    The Railway Police is responsible for law enforcement on the Bangladesh Railways. They maintain discipline on platforms as well as travel inside trains to keep passengers secure. Railway accidents are also handled by them. Under the Deputy Inspector General (Railway Police) Railway Police Range has two Railway Districts, one is Syedpur and another is Chittagong each headed by a Superintendent of Railway Police (SRP).

Highway Police

    To make the highways safer and to ensure smooth traffic management system, Government realized the necessity of Highway Police. In the year 2005 Highway Police started its journey.[8] Under the Deputy Inspector General (Highway Police) Highway Police Range has two Highway Police wing, the Eastern Wing headquartered in Comilla and the Western Wing headquartered in Bogra each headed by a Superintendent of Police. The presence of Highway Police is very unsatisfactory, and they failed to make the highways safe and ensuring smooth traffic movement due to manpower shortage and adequate logistic support.

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Industrial Police

    To keep the law and order, to ensure the implementation of Labour Law, 2006, collection of intelligence and taking pro-active policing initiatives to prevent unrest in the industrial area Industrial Police formally started its journey on 31 October 2010. Total strength of this unit is 2990.

Industrial Police works at four zones-

Sl. No          Unit                           Location
1          Industrial Police - 1         Ashulia, Dhaka
2          Industrial Police - 2         Gazipur
3          Industrial Police - 3         Chittagong
4          Industrial Police - 4         Narayangonj

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Special Security and Protection Battalion (SSPB)

    In 2012, one of the specialized force of Bangladesh Police Special Security and Protection Battalion was raised to provide security to the head of the state, head of the government, other visiting VVIPs and VIPs. This force is headed by an Additional IGP. Primarily this force contains two specialized battalions and will be expanded in the future. The first Addl.IG is SHEIKH HEMAYET HOSSAIN, PPM.

Armed Police Battalion (APBn)

    There are eleven Armed Police Battalions in this force located at different parts of Bangladesh. Of them one is female battalion. The Headquarters of this force is located in Uttara, Dhaka inside APBn Complex. The head of this unit is an Additional Inspector General (Addl.IG).

1st Addl.IG of this unit is SHEIKH HEMAYET HOSSAIN, PPM.

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Airport Armed Police (AAP)

    A specialized unit of APBn, Airport Armed Police (AAP) is deployed in the international airports of Bangladesh for maintaining security of the airports. Currently 8th APBn is performing their duty in Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka.

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)

    In 2004, elite force of Bangladesh Police Rapid Action Battalion was raised, consisting of the personnel of Bangladesh Police, Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Air Force, Border Guard Bangladesh and Bangladesh Ansar. It works under the command of Inspector General of Police.

Tourist Police

    In 2009 Tourist Police was formed to protect local and foreign tourists, starting the service in Cox’s Bazar Sea Beach, a popular area with world’s longest sandy beach. It is planned to expand the Tourist Police to other tourist spots very soon.[10] It works under the District Police Administration.

Police Internal Oversight (PIO)

To monitor and to collect intelligence about the activities of the police officers across the country this specialized wing name Police Internal Oversight (PIO) was set up in 2007. This Internal Oversight is headed by an Assistant Inspector General (AIG) at the Police Headquarters and directly reports to the Inspector General of Police (IGP). All the units of Bangladesh Police fall under the surveillance of PIO. PIO agents are spread all over the country under direct supervision of the PIO unit located in Police Headquarters.

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