I would like to extend my special thanks and heartiest congratulations to the citizens of this port City, Chattogram.

Chattogram Metropolitan Police has started its digital journey. CMP has already launched Mobile Apps (Hello CMP) , surveillance camera.  CMP has its own Facebook page named Chattogram Metropolitan Police  ( Link https://www.facebook.com/cmp.ctg ) . Now CMP launches its own website named www.cmp.gov.bd

Our Vision is to make the city safe for all and our mission is to work for better and safer Chattogram. Our commitment is to ensure protection of life and property and to keep the peace and tranquility in the city.

A core function of CMP is to take all the possible steps to prevent crime, to identify the criminals and to bring them under the process of law.

It is our dream to maintain a crime and hazard free city life. We are trying our level best to establish a police friend society. To ensure that we have already connected people to our mainstream policing through community policing program. Recently we have initiated Hello Police Commissioner  Facebook page and  Hello OC program. However co-operation from all corners is highly expected to make  our dream true.

Chittagong  Metropolitan police (CMP) has started its journey on 30 November, 1978. CMP has started its initial journey with the area of 128 square mile & with its population of 10,00,000. Cmp is run by the Chittagong Metropolitan Police Ordinance, 1978.

Mr. M M Sharif Ali was the first  police Commissioner of CMP. At the initial stage, CMP started  its course with six police stations, thirty out posts and six police box only. Primarily CMP had two crime divisions namely North Division & Port Division, Headquarters Division, City Special Branch (City SB), and Traffic Division. Afterwards Detective Branch (DB) and Protection & Protocol division has started their journey.

In 1984, CMP has got the permission to employ 3238 police personnel`s  at different levels.

In 1988, a new division is established by CMP namely Riot Control Division (RCD) and CMP created 591 different posts for the police personnel`s.

In 2000, on the demanding of increase people, CMP has divided its six police stations into twelve. At present CMP has 16 police Stations, 31 outposts, 05 IC (Investigating Centre) and 6 police box.

Total employee of CMP is about 6,458.

CMP is run by:

  ●  1 Police Commissioner (DIG) with the help of
  ●  3 Addl. Police Commissioners
  ●  21 Deputy Police Commissioners
  ●  23 Addl. Deputy Police Commissioners &
  ●  16 Asstt. Police Commissioners.

Other Police personnel`s are

  ●  Inspector (UB) - 77,
  ●  Town & Traffic Inspector - 37
  ●  Inspector (AB) - 20
  ●  SI (UB) - 456
  ●  SI (AB) - 59
  ●  Sergeant - 163
  ●  TSI - 08
  ●  ATSI - 56
  ●  ASI (UB) - 525
  ●  ASI (AB) - 132
  ●  Naik - 171
  ● Constable - 4463
  ● Non-Police - 130
  ● Outsourcing - 97

There are 7 distinct divisions in CMP, Namely:-

  ● Headquarters Division
  ● Public Order Management Division.
  ● Crime & Operations Division. 
  ● Detective & Criminal Intelligence Division
  ● Traffic Division
  ● Protocol & Protection Division
  ● Media & public Relation Division.

In 1978, the people and police ratio was 1:276 & Now the ratio is 1:900. Due to the crisis of police personnel`s CMP has a proposal to increase the number of employees about 5155 & the proposal is under process.

Chittagong  Metropolitan police is always ready to meet up the demand of the citizens and is working for the better & safer Chittagong to Live & Work.