Community Policing in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh Police community policing is an organization wide philosophy and management approach that promotes community, government and police partnerships, proactive, problem solving, and community engagement to address the causes of crime, fear of crime and community issues. Bangladesh Police have been trying to implement this community policing philosophy nationwide. The Police Reform Program (PRP), a UNDP funded project, has been providing Bangladesh Police with technical assistance to implement community-policing nationwide.
Bangladesh police has been implementing a community policing system, which is very much similar to that of the western style of community policing forum (CPF). Community policing promotes equal partnership between the police and the community. Bangladesh Police has identified two tier of partnerships, such as - the strategic partnership and the implementation partnership.
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