Law and order anything but normal

We are taken aback by the statement by the police chief on May 23 that crime control in the country was at a satisfactory level. With so many killings and kidnappings, some high profile, happening all over the country, such pronouncements coming from the top law enforcer in the country are anything but reassuring. When he indicates that incidents of murder like the ones in Narayanganj, Lakhshmipur or Noakhali should not be treated as a benchmark for law and order in the whole country he is repeating the vacuous rhetoric of these being isolated incidents.
The recent spate of killings has unnerved the people. Instead of making gross understatements that are in conflict with the realities on the ground, we impress upon the police to actually go about taking proactive measures to investigate and apprehend perpetrators of heinous crimes. What we do not need is to listen to verbiage but see action on the ground. It is not surprising that the outlandish statements made by persons in authority do not go down well with the people. The snail's pace with which investigations are carried out into a number of crimes gives out a wrong signal to criminals, i.e. it is alright to commit crimes as long as they can get away with it.