[3] It plays a crucial role in maintaining peace, and enforcement of law and order within Bangladesh.

Though the police are primarily concerned with the maintenance of law and order and security of persons and property of individuals, they also play a big role in the criminal justice system.

However, during the periods of the Bengal Sultanate, an official holding the position of Muhtasib used to perform the duties of policing.

In the early stage of the Industrial Revolution, when England was facing grave crisis due to socio-economic transformation, the necessity of an effective organised police service was keenly felt.

Sir Robert Peel, then the Prime Minister, introduced a bill in the British Parliament in 1829 that created an organised civil police in London.

The success of the London police in controlling social disorder and crime was admired by not only the people of England but also of European and American countries: New York city copied the London model with some modifications when it organised the first Municipal Police Force, in 1833.

Under this act, a police force was created in each province of British India, and placed under the control of the provincial government.

[7] In the Bangladesh Liberation War, Bengali-speaking police officers participated with the citizens, leading to deaths from most ranks, fighting with .303 rifles against the Pakistani Army.

The resistance by the Bengali members of police at Rajarbagh and in Kushtia is considered the first chapter of armed struggles during the Bangladesh Liberation War.

After appointment they undergo a one-year-long training course in the Bangladesh Police Academy, at the rank of Probationary Sergeant.

[citation needed] The Police Staff College, which trains officers from ASP to DIG in-service, was established in 2000 in Dhaka.

[19] In the same month a sub-inspector at DMP was accused of torturing and attempting to extort money from a Bangladesh Bank official.

[25] Bangladesh Police faced criticism for advising secular bloggers to practice self-censorship following attacks on secularists in the country.

[29] On 3 November 2019, he kidnapped the wife and minor son of Showkat Aziz Russell, Chairperson of Amber group, for extortion from Gulshan and shifted them to Narayanganj.

[32] He made the news first on 6 July 2011 for assaulting Zainul Abdin Farroque, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, opposition whip, and member of parliament.

[30][33] In November 2019, a video of him went viral, where he and other police officers were seen attacking a referee in a friendly football match.

[33] On 16 July 2024, between 2:30 and 3:00 pm, quota reform protesters[34][35] and police clashed in front of Begum Rokeya University.