<strong>Police</strong> <strong>Reform</strong> <strong>Programme</strong> (Phase-II) Section-IV: Conclusion Despite some challenges PRP components were able to achieve the majority of outcomes planned for this period. More notably, there were several key outcomes and milestones reached during this reporting period. The return of the Draft <strong>Police</strong> Act by MoHA for revision and the formation of a <strong>Police</strong> Committee to review the Draft Act pave the way to restart the stalled legislative reform process. Finalisation and formal approval by the IGP of the Bangladesh <strong>Police</strong> Strategic Plan 2012-2014 is a very significant milestone reached during the reporting period, providing the vision and strategic direction for the Bangladesh <strong>Police</strong> for the next 3 years. PRP, working in collaboration with the Bangladesh <strong>Police</strong>, continued to expand and improve services to the disadvantaged and vulnerable groups. The construction of six divisional Victim Support Centers is moving forward and the new Women Support and Investigation Division will soon have refurbished premises. The existing Victim Support Centres in Dhaka and Rangamati are fully operational and have provided services to 151 victims during this quarter. Six new fully constructed model thanas were handed over to the Bangladesh <strong>Police</strong>, with the Gangachara Model Thana formally inaugurated by the IGP, and the construction of fifteen new Service Delivery Centers is progressing. Gender orientation and victim support workshops were held at three model thanas and two VSCs to create awareness of gender sensitive policing and victim support sevices. Working with the local police and Community Policing Forum members PRP organised six joint workshops on Community Policing in Bogra, Rajshahi, Natore, Munshiganj, Gazipur and Manikganj to facilitate identification of mutual areas of cooperation between the district police and CPFs. In addition to supporting the participation of women police in leadership and management conference in Canada and development training in Nepal PRP achieved a first for the Bangladesh <strong>Police</strong> with the inauguration of the very first Bangladesh <strong>Police</strong> day care center at the Rajarbagh <strong>Police</strong> Lines. Capacity development of the Bangladesh <strong>Police</strong> was another area of focus for PRP in the 3rd quarter. During this period 355 police officers were trained on Basic Crime Scene Management, 192 on Community Policing and model thana services, 41 on TOT and training needs assessment, 26 on the Crime Pattern Analysis System and 20 on computer use. Training on crime scene management was further reinforced with the distribution of posters on forensic awareness, crime scene and evidence preservation to every police station in Bangladesh. Training needs assessments and a review of the recruitment processes were also carried out and the Detective Training School was refurbished. A very significant outcome was the study tour to South Africa where the delegation from MoHA and the Bangladesh <strong>Police</strong> visited South African <strong>Police</strong> training institutions and specialised units. The work on enhancing the capability of the Bangladesh <strong>Police</strong> has continued. PRP provided portable travel document examination devices for border control posts and PRP-supplied Machine Readable Passport scanners, capable of reading data from passports with data chips, were installed at the Dhaka international airport and the Hajj camp, providing better means to detect forgeries and reducing processing time. The development of a pilot Criminal Identification and Verification System for DMP has commenced and the pilot implementation of the Crime Patter Analysis System in Chittagong is progressing, with the former using biometrics to identify detained persons and the latter gathering crime incident profiling information to identify areas for targeted police response. Records and Vehicle Management modules were installed in <strong>Police</strong> HQ in preparation for a system pilot later on this year. PRP also procured 400 crime scene kits and digital cameras for police stations to enhance crime scene management. Some challenges were encountered during this quarter, hampering implementation of certain activities. A common issue was scheduling and availability of participants, e.g. for planned public events. Unforseen procedural and other delays also impacted on activities such as launching of legislative reform reports, Heads of Training meeting, a survey of police investigators and construction works at selected model thanas and VSCs. In the 4th and final quarter of 2012, PRP will give emphasis to the completion of activities planned for the year, with further capacity development constituting a major part of these activities. The project team will also commence the development of the next year’s Annual Work Plan in line with the multi-year project plan. Quarterly Progress Report | July - September 2012 45 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor
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