Dhaka Metropolitan Police ঢাকা মেট্রোপলিটন পুলিশ | |
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Common name | Police |
Abbreviation | DMP |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 1 February, 1976 |
Employees | 34,000 |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Size | 1,600 km2 (618 sq mi) |
Constituting instrument |
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General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | 36 Shaheed Captain Mansur Ali Sarani, Ramna, Dhaka 1217 |
Elected officer responsible | |
Agency executive | |
Parent agency | Bangladesh Police |
Special Units | CTTC, SWAT, Detective Branch |
Facilities | |
Stations | 50 |
Armored vehicles | Otokar Cobra, IAG Guardian, STREIT Typhoon |
Helicopters | Bell 407 |
Website | |
dmp.gov.bd | |
Service uniform: Yankees Blue, Light French Beige Combat uniform: Tiffany Blue, Yankees Blue |
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Bengali: ঢাকা মেট্রোপলিটন পুলিশ, romanized: Ḍhākā mēṭrōpaliṭana puliśa; abbreviated as DMP) is the unit of Bangladesh Police responsible for law enforcement in the metropolis of Dhaka, the national capital and most populous city in Bangladesh. The DMP is the largest police force unit in Bangladesh. At present, the DMP commissioner is Md. Mainul Hasan.[1][2]