The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) has exciting news for the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). As part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) program, GRSP will be conducting its highly anticipated ‘Speed as a Risk Factor’ training for the DMP in July.
Following a productive meeting at the DMP headquarters on Thursday, May 11, GRSP aims to achieve a key objective through this training: sharing effective enforcement practices across all risk factors within a collaborative ‘Safe System’ partnership model. The training aims to equip police officers with enhanced knowledge, enabling them to enforce traffic laws more effectively and reduce road-related injuries by incorporating successful international and national road policing strategies.
The training will provide tactics to reduce speeding and other risk factors on the roads, ultimately resulting in safer roads for all. Reducing the average speed on the roads by just 5% can lead to a 30% reduction in fatal crashes, and DMP will be using a data-led approach to identify high-risk speed areas for the effective deployment of their traffic staff to reduce offending.
SM Mehedi Hasan, Joint Police Commissioner (traffic-South), DMP said “We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with the Global Road Safety Partnership. He called upon GRSP to enter into an MoU (memorandum of understanding) with DMP to work together on road safety. As a law enforcement agency, we are committed to ensuring the safety of all road users in Dhaka. We believe that GRSP training will equip our officers with the knowledge and skills necessary to enforce speed limits effectively and educate the public on the dangers of speeding.
“We are pleased to be continuing our relationship with the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, who are actively trying to increase the safety of their community, by delivering our ‘Speed as a Risk Factor’ training said Al Stewart, GRSP Road Safety Consultant. “We believe that this training will be invaluable in reducing the number of road crashes and ultimately saving lives. The Dhaka Metropolitan Police are to be commended for their ongoing commitment to making their road network safe for all road users.
