Annual Report - Police Reform Programme

Police Reform Programme
(Phase-II)
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING
Key Outcome: Human Resource Management systems and structures strengthened and training
capacity enhanced to produce more competent and professional police
Key Activities and Progress:
Output 2.1: Professional and dedicated Human Resource Department established
Two training programmes on administrative issues were conducted in order to support staff functioning at
Criminal Investigation Department Headquarters. A total of sixty administrative staff members were trained.
The PRP provided continuous support to strengthen the Bangladesh Police Personnel Information Management
System (PIMS). As part of this process, three consultation meetings were facilitated involving the AIG ICT, AIG
Establishment and the PIMS Systems Office. The purpose of the meetings was to aid the Bangladesh Police in
collecting detailed information of their personnel and compiling those details into an electronic database. This will
enable the Bangladesh Police to increase their effectiveness in making more informed decisions on all human
resource functions. Currently, 133,000 personal records have been entered into the system.
The Bangladesh Police has agreed on and approved converting the PIMS from its current desktop-based system
to a web-based system. To this end, nine consultation workshops and meetings were administered involving the
Office of the Bangladesh Police's ICT AIG and Establishment AIG. Additional DIG, CID, Md. Shah Alom was
appointed to manage the conversion process, taking into account users' needs. A seven-member committee was
formed to monitor the progress of converting the PIMS and a technical committee was appointed to report on
advances made throughout the PIMS' conversion process. The technical committee must first address several
identified requirements before conversion can begin. A decision was taken to commence the system piloting
process during December 2012 and this is ongoing.
Data collection was completed as part of a survey assessing police morale, with a total of 354 police personnel
participating in the survey. The survey outcome will be collated with relevant sections of the 2011 Base Line
Survey outputs. The survey is still in progress and will continue into 2013.
Output 2.2: Human Resource Management policies, structures, systems, and procedures
reviewed and updated to promote transparent and merit-based recruitment
As initiatives to review the Bangladesh Police Human Resources Management structure and strategies continue,
the process for recruiting an international consultant is underway and expected to be completed during Quarter 2
of 2013. The consultant will be assigned to review the current status of the Bangladesh Police Human Resource
Management strategy, policies, structure and capacity with the view of making recommendations to improve the
Human Resource Management Divisions' efficiency and effectiveness.
Two consultation meetings were facilitated with the Bangladesh Police's AIG, Recruitment and Manpower, and
AIG, Establishment, during Quarter 2 on the three issues outlined in sub-activity 2.2.2. The focus of the
consultation meetings was to examine the feasibility of conducting relevant studies on the outputs, resulting in
the identification of risks associated with the proposed activity. Overall, progress on the activity is still rather
limited. The only output achieved was the inclusion of a Career Management Policy into the Strategic Plan
2012-2014 after the Strategic Plan 2012-2014 was accepted by the working group. Implementation plans will be
drafted during Quarter 1 of 2013.
Four consultation meetings were conducted with Bangladesh Police Welfare Management. The consultations
resulted in reaching an agreement to conduct seven divisional training workshops with Bangladesh Police
Welfare Management staff in order to train members on welfare processes and procedures in 2013. Efforts to
compile a Welfare Policy Handbook are ongoing.
A total of thirty-three training workshops were held on welfare issues for DMP personnel. 1,650 participants,
ranging from constables to inspectors, participated in the workshops.
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Annual Report 2012