The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has operated 667 patrol teams and 71 check posts in the last 24 hours and rounded up 235 individuals, including 27 dacoits, as part of its security arrangements across the city to ensure public safety, and law and order, reports BSS.
According to the Crime Command and Control Center of DMP, 667 patrol teams of DMP performed duties in two shifts for public safety under its 50 police stations from 12:01am to 11:59pm on Sunday.
Out of them, 340 teams performed duties at night, while 327 teams during the day.
The patrol teams include 479 mobile patrol teams, 73 foot patrol teams, and 115 motorcycle patrol teams.
In addition, 71 police checkposts are operated by the DMP at various important and strategic locations to enhance security in the metropolitan area.
Along with the DMP, 14 Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) patrol teams (two shifts), 12 Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) patrol teams (three shifts) and 10 RAB patrol teams with the DMP are on duty at various crime-prone areas of the metropolis, and 20 checkposts are operated by the APBn, a specialized unit of the police.
In the last 24 hours, 235 people involved in various crimes were arrested in eighty-three combing operations conducted in different areas of the city.
Bd-pratidin English/Tanvir Raihan
