Special Security Force Special Security Force ( SSF ) is a Bangladeshi law enforcement agency that provides protection to government officials and foreign dignitaries . The Presidential Security Force Ordinance ( PSFO ) established a security force which is to be under the direct command of the president and controlled and administered by a director who may be invested with the powers of the chief of army staff in respect of operations of the force . The force may seek the assistance of other services , such as law enforcement agencies , paramilitary forces and defence and intelligence agencies . The force was originally intended to " provide physical security , " both to the president wherever he may be and to VIPs ( including any head of state or government or any person declared to be a VIP by the government ) . Following restoration of the parliamentary system , it was renamed the Special Security Force ( SSF ) whose primary function is to protect the prime minister , the president and other VIPs . Its work also includes " collecting and communicating intelligence affecting the physical security of the prime minister , the president or a VIP " ( Section 8 ) . The SSF is now accountable to the prime minister under the present parliamentary system and is given the power to " arrest without warrant . . . any person when there is reason to believe that the presence or movement of such person at or near the place where the prime minister , the president or a VIP is living or staying or through which he is passing or about to pass is prejudicial to the physical security of the prime minister , the president or such VIP ; and if such person forcibly resists the endeavour to arrest him or attempts to evade arrest , such officer may use all means necessary to effect the arrest and may , if necessary and after giving such warning as may be appropriate in the circumstances of the case or otherwise so , use force against him as to cause death " ( Section 8 ) . The wide and unfettered powers granted to the authorities above under the Special Security Force Ordinance ( SSFO ) enacted in 1986 are exacerbated by Section 11 which prevents prosecution for such acts without government sanction . provides physical security to the Very Important Persons ( VIPs ) . Persons performing duties are called Agents who are selected and trained officers from Army , Navy , Air force , Police and Ansar . Persons from other ranks also actively support the organization . SSF is organized in various bureaus namely Ops and Protection , Intelligence , Logistics and Training . The office is located at Prime Minister ' s Office at Tejgaon . Responsibility . The mission of SSF is to provide physical security to the President , Head of the Government and any person designated as VIP by the Government of Peoples Republic of Bangladesh . SSF takes necessary measures in coordination with civil administration , security and intelligence organizations to prevent as well as protect VIPs from any threats . SSF is also responsible for the security of VIPs ’ offices and residences . History . The idea of establishing a security force in Bangladesh for physical protection of VIPs was first mooted by the then President Hussain Muhammad Ershad . Accordingly Presidential Security Force ( PSF ) was formed on 15 June 1986 . Later with the introduction of Parliamentary Government System in Bangladesh , the force was renamed as Special Security Force on 27 September 1991 . Organization . Commanded by Director General ( equivalent to the rank of Brigadier General or Major General ) the SSF is organized in four administrative Bureaus . They are : SSF Head Quarter is Located at Prime Minister ' s Office in Tejgaon , Dhaka . SSF maintains independent training complex and accommodations of its own co - located near the Head Quarter .