Attack on the police

Recently a patrol team of Ashulia industrial police came under attack by unknown assailants in which a police constable was stabbed to death. As a retired police officer, my hunch is that the group of constables was deployed without proper briefing by officers who posted them there. So the group was clueless about any security threat. Currently, the daily morning practice in the police lines consists only of riot drills. The drill to prevent sudden attack is totally absent. Constables are not taught the vital use of 'safety catch' which prevents loaded guns from accidental firing of shots. Instead, constables are trained to not load the chamber without the instruction of an officer of the rank of SI and above. Furthermore, the law enforcement agencies are riddled with corruption so much so that even training programmes are not free from this vice. Both the police and the public will benefit if policymakers dig deep into it and take appropriate measures to prepare law enforcement agencies including the police to cope with sudden attacks on them.

Bazlur Rahman
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