Agencyname: | River Police |
Nativename: | নৌ পুলিশ |
Patch: | River Police (Bangladesh) Emblem.svg |
Patchcaption: | Insignia of River Police |
Country: | Bangladesh |
Police: | Yes |
Headquarters: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Governingbody: | Ministry of Home Affairs |
Minister1name: | Jahangir Alam Chowdhury |
Minister1pfo: | Minister of Home Affairs |
Chief1name: | Md. Abdul Alim Mahmud, BPM (Bar) |
Chief1position: | Addl. Inspector General |
Parentagency: | Bangladesh Police |
Unittype: | Special Unit |
Stationtype: | Battalion |
Stations: | 11 |
Vehicle1type: | Armored vehicles |
Boats1: | Patrol Boats |
Aircraft1type: | Helicopters |
Aircraft1: | Bell 407 |
Footnotes: | Service uniform Yankees Blue, Light French Beige |
River Police is a specialized unit of Bangladesh police responsible for policing internal river ways of Bangladesh.[1] They are also responsible for policing fisherman and fishing in rivers.[2] [3] Additional Inspector General of Police Md. Shafiqul Islam is the head of the River Police[4] .[5]
River Police was established on 12 November 2013.[6] It started out with 747 personnel under a Deputy Inspector General of Bangladesh Police.[7] On 20 July 2010, the first camp of River Police was established in Dhaka at Mirpur. The government of Bangladesh had approved five River police camps within Dhaka city.[8] In June 2019, River Police started operating in Rajshahi District.[9]