The government will recruit more than 50,000 police personnel in the police department, State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan has said.
The minister made the disclosure in the House replying to a question of treasury bench member M Anwarul Azim (Anar) during the question and answer session on Tuesday.
"The ratio between police personnel and population in the country is not sufficient,” Khan said.
“Therefore, the government has taken a plan to recruit more personnel in the police department aimed at increasing manpower in all units of the law enforcement agency under the plan."
The government is also considering proposals of Police Bureau of Counter Terrorism, Rangpur, Gazipur Metropolitan Police unit formation and Airport Armed Police Battalion for increasing manpower, he said.
Meanwhile, the government has formed industrial police unit, Rangpur Range, Range Reserve Force (RRF) of Rangpur, Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), two Security Protection Battalions, 30 In-service Training Centres, Tourist Police, Naval Police unit, set up 30 new police stations and 64 investigation centres, he informed.
