Police-people trust will make crime control easier: PM

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday said that crime control will become easier if trust is built between the police and the people.

Urging police members to earn people’s trust and ensure that no innocent person becomes a victim of harassment, he said, “The police administration does not belong to any party; the police administration will be run according to statutory law. It is certainly your responsibility to ensure that no innocent person is subjected to harassment.”

If the police can become a symbol of trust and security for the people, that is the success of the police, the Premier said, adding that the success of the police means the success of the government as well.

Tarique Rahman, also the ruling BNP chairman, made the remarks at the police ‘Welfare Parade’ held at the Rajarbagh Police Auditorium on the occasion of Police Week 2026.

Noting that the duty of the police is to “suppress the wicked and nurture the virtuous,” he said, “Let the relationship between the police and the people be based on trust and mutual dependence. In any danger or crisis, let people consider the police station their reliable shelter.”

Reminding that the people are the owners of the state, the Prime Minister said, “If the people are the owners, then when these owners go to the police station in times of danger, they should be able to feel, at least to some extent, the ownership of the state through your [police] behavior—ensuring that is part of your responsibility.

“You must remember that ordinary people first come to the police station for legal assistance,” he added.

Stating that people do not go to the police station unless they are in trouble, he said that it is therefore very important to create the perception in people’s minds that their troubles will lessen after going to the police station.

“You will certainly take legal action in any matter. But if there is a touch of humanity, then because of you (police), the government’s successes will have a positive impact in the minds of the people,” the Premier added.