There are imbalances and inconsistencies in the organogram of the police force, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia said on Tuesday.
"As a result, the overall supervision including maintaining domestic discipline, law and order and intensive supervision are being hampered, affecting the maintenance of public safety," he said at a meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and senior police officials at the International Conference Centre (ICC) of her office, held on the occasion of Police Week 2018.
He also mentioned that stagnancy in one position for a long period of time had psychological impacts on the officers.
Asaduzzaman said the Grade 1 and 2 officials in the police force were few compared to other cadre services. "The percentage of grade 1 officials in other cadres is 1.17-4.45%, while it is 5-10% for Grade 2. But Bangladesh Police's Grade 1 and 2 proportion is far less.”
He said there were 2,289 cadre posts in the police service, whereas there were only two Grade 1 posts and 13 Grade 2 posts in the force.
In this connection, he informed the prime minister that in the Police Week 2017 she had directed the officials concerned to take necessary steps.
He alleged that despite a prime ministerial instruction for creating three more Grade 1 posts in police, it has not been done over the past year.
The commissioner also alleged that due to the lack of posts, the career of a good number of eligible officials remained stagnant in the same post for more than 25 years.
"Due to the lack of vacant posts more than 100 police officials are passing their days in Grade 3 (DIG) and Grade 4 (Additional DIG) after completing their service for 27-30 years with skill and professionalism," he added.
Portraying himself as one of the victims of such stagnancy, Asaduzzaman Mia regretted: “Many others like me who are at the fag end of the service are not becoming additional IGPs just because there are not any vacant posts.”
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
