The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Nur Mohmmad yesterday said law enforcers foresee no sabotage during the local Government polls.

At least 20,000 police would provide security to ensure fair and credible local Government polls, IGP told the reporters at the Police Headquarters while formally inaugurating Personal Information Management System (PIMS).

He said security would be providing in three phases before and during the city corporation and municipality polls scheduled for August 4.

All information of police personnel has been stored in the PIMS, a database for the police officials. This is a revolutionary step for the department, he noted.

Details of 85,000 police personnel out of 123,000 have already been stored in the PIMS while inputs of the rest are being processed, he added.

The main objective of the PIMS is to preserve all particulars of police personal and this will be readily available for use when needed, he said.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Naim Ahmad said PIMS was the first step of the implementation of E-policing.