About Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP).   
 
Our aim is to make the city safe for all and our mission is to work for a better 
and safer Chittagong. 
 
Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) came into being on 30 November, 1978. Mr. 
M.M Sharif Ali the first Commissioner. CMP started its course with 6 police 
stations along with 3238 forces in 1978. Population of Chittagong City stood to 
be less than 10, 00,000. 
 
The Metropolitan area itself has increased in shape and size year after year. 
This increased population and area must of course, call for extended quality 
service. So modernization and improvement of CMP is a demand of time. This 
concept led to reshaping CMP in respect of force, size, modernization and 
organizational structure. The big step towards materializing this process is to 
establish 16 police stations instead of 6. 
  History of Chittagong  Metropolitan police
 
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. 
 
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