Our police needs proper reformation
I read two write-ups sent by Azad Miah and Romeo Ahmed published on December 14 and 15, respectively, on police reform, with much interest. It is indeed a fact that just changing colour of the uniform will not salvage the shameful image of our police. Azad Miah's humorous suggestion of the police having new clothes without pockets to discourage them from taking bribes was particularly interesting. No one can blame him for such a comment, because he has just voiced his opinion regarding a mostly corrupt and frustrating section of the country that is paid by the people through our taxes. But, as Romeo Ahmed analysed, this serious issue demands due attention not only to deodorise the image of the police but also to pick up the image of the country as a whole from further downturn. This is so simply because the country is suffering acutely due to deteriorating law and order scenario in most aspects including upsurge in crime, unsteady commerce and business, poor foreign investment, sorry image of the country to the outside world and what not.
Hence, this pressing issue calls for fitting manoeuvres to reform our police service on an immediate basis, which may include ensuring a transparent and authentic recruitment procedure free from bribery and political influences, securing a respectable salary structure against the existing stingy one, equipping the police with sufficient instruments, and so on. In this regard, readers of The Daily Star may put forward their opinions to the concerned authority through the Letter to the Editor page, as it has already turned out to be a perfect rendezvous of different views from numerous conscientious people of the country.
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