Officials from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (CMP) received road policing training from the international organization Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP). The training enhanced knowledge to improve road safety issues to reduce road crashes in Dhaka.
The training aims to provide police officers with advanced knowledge to identify risk factors such as speeding and enforce traffic laws more effectively. By incorporating successful road policing strategies from both international and national contexts, the goal is to reduce road-related deaths and injuries.
DMP Commissioner SM Sazzat Ali, NDC attended as chief guest and inaugurated today’s workshop. In his speech, he said, ‘it is necessary to follow traffic rules to establish traffic. But most road users do not follow traffic rules, especially issues like speeding and sudden lane changes on the road are responsible for crashes. In Dhaka, most crashes occur between midnight to early morning when the roads are relatively empty.’ To prevent crashes, he instructed police members to strictly control the existing laws related to road safety including the speed limit set on the roads.
This program was chaired by Mr. Abdul Wadud, former additional secretary and Initiative Coordinator of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) Dhaka. GRSP’s Asia Pacific Manager Brett Harman and Senior Road Policing Advisor Al Stewart, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), Superintendent Engineer Khondoker Mahbub Alam, DMP Additional Police commissioner (traffic) Md. Sarwar, BPM-sheba were present.
As part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS), an international network committed to reducing road traffic crashes, deaths, and injuries, GRSP conducted the workshop on 16 and 17 February covering `Road Policing Leadership’ and `Speed as Risk Factor’. A total of 60 officers from DMP attended this workshop.
GRSP’s Asia Pacific Manager Brett Harman and Al Stewart conducted the training sessions. In this training, they focused on the importance of effective leadership in policing and enforcement practices, following the globally recognized “Safe System” approach that addresses all risk factors. Moreover, they focused on enforcement’s role in preventing road crashes, speed as a risk factor for crashes, the importance of speed reduction, enforcement technologies and tactics, and safe management of roadside checkpoints etc.
Traffic sergeants, Sub-inspectors, Police Inspectors, Asst. Police Commissioners and Additional Deputy Commissioners attended the workshop. At the end of the workshop, DMP Additional Police commissioner (traffic) Md. Sarwar, BPM-sheba handed over the certificates to the participants. BIGRS Enforcement Coordinator Golam Hossain, transport coordinator Rezaur Rahman, surveillance coordinator Dr. Tanvir Ibn Ali, Vital Strategies technical adviser Aminul Islam Sujon were present at the event.