RAJSHAHI, Oct 31, 2020 (BSS) – Highlighting its multifarious aspects speakers today unequivocally called for infusing dynamism into the activities of community policing for combating the crimes related to terrorism, drug-addiction and militancy.
Community policing can be the vital means of freeing the society from all sorts of crimes with joint efforts of police and the public in general, they said.
The speakers came up with the observations while addressing the meeting held at Rajshahi College auditorium to mark the Community Policing Day-2020.
Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) and Community Policing Forum jointly organized the meeting largely attended by cross-sections of people.
Rajshahi City Corporation Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton addressed the meeting as the chief guest with RMP Commissioner Abu Kalam Siddique in the chair.
Advocate Adiba Anjum Mita, MP, Rajshahi College Principal Prof Habibur Rahman, valiant freedom fighter Dr Abdul Mannan and local Awami League leaders Dablu Sarker, Meraj Uddin Mollah and Abdul Wadud Dara also spoke.
Mayor Liton said the community people should extend cooperation to police with providing specific information about the criminals. Crimes-free society, particularity free from terrorism and drug addiction, must be established to protect people and the young generation, in particular, he said.
To attain the cherished goal, the law-enforcing agencies and the community people should have to work together as the law-enforcers alone aren’t capable of overcoming the crisis, he added.
He went on saying that police-citizens’ joint efforts against social crimes are the main objective of community based policing and there is no alternative to activating it to free the society from the crimes.
RMP Commissioner Kalam Siddique said the community based policing had been introduced in the metropolis with a noble view, but the community people should take the responsibility of making it effective.
He stressed the need for boosting the relationship between the police and common people and for exploring the opportunities of community policing for lasting peace everywhere in the society.
“If you give us authentic information about the criminals and other anti-social elements, we will put in our best efforts to bring those to book as early as possible,” Siddique reminded the community people.