Thursday December 4, 2008
Getting to know the work of the police better
Getting to know the work of the police better
Story and photo by LIM CHIA YING
SELANGOR Chief Police Officer Deputy Comm Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar is urging the public to trust the police, as the police cannot exist without the people’s support.
“We need the community’s support in combating crime,” said Khalid, who was the guest of honour at the Selangor police headquarters in Shah Alam when the community policing of the Sri Serdang constituency service centre paid a visit.
He said certain quarters were discouraging people from trusting the police.
“Community leaders or elected representatives should help people to lodge crime reports and not organise protest,” said Khalid, adding that he welcomed the official visit of the Sri Serdang community policing.
Do your part: Supt Che Hussin (left) showing the community policing members how to register as Rakan Cop members.
“Through this kind of visits people can learn more about our control centre and the steps being taken to curb crime,” Khalid said.
Head of the delegation Kuan Chee Heng said the purpose of the visit was to better understand how the police emergency response works.
“We want to educate people on the real nature of police work and the fact that they would react to any emergency effectively,” said Kuan, who is also the adviser to the Bukit Puchong community policing programme.
Selangor traffic and public order chief Supt Che Hussin Omar briefed the visitors on the contingent’s control centre and took questions from the floor.
On the community policing concept, he said it was a shared responsibility between the police and the public.
“As long as the police receives reliable information from the public about suspicious characters, then it is not hard to catch the person.
When asked about the police manpower shortage, Khalid said the government was addressing the problem.
“Policemen have to be recruited and trained for about six to seven months. It may take between eight and 10 years to solve the manpower problem.”
Asked if the influx of foreigners in the country have contributed to the crime rate, Khalid conceded, but claimed that the percentage of crime contribution by locals was higher.
He said crime index and statistics have shown that crime in Selangor had dropped.
When told that there are people out there who do not make reports thus not reflecting the actual crime figure, Khalid said it’s the elected reps’ responsibility to get the people to work closely with the police.
Meanwhile Kuan said they are towards achieving zero tolerance concept and broken window theory in their community policing.
“The broken window theory means people must take care of petty crimes in their neighbourhood so that it won’t escalate into bigger ones.
“With zero tolerance, we want residents to not tolerate even petty crimes, and report to the police.”
For emergency, call the Selangor contingent headquarters hotline at 03-2052 9999 or Malaysian Control Centre at 03-2262 6444.
“We need the community’s support in combating crime,” said Khalid, who was the guest of honour at the Selangor police headquarters in Shah Alam when the community policing of the Sri Serdang constituency service centre paid a visit.
He said certain quarters were discouraging people from trusting the police.
“Community leaders or elected representatives should help people to lodge crime reports and not organise protest,” said Khalid, adding that he welcomed the official visit of the Sri Serdang community policing.
Do your part: Supt Che Hussin (left) showing the community policing members how to register as Rakan Cop members.
“Through this kind of visits people can learn more about our control centre and the steps being taken to curb crime,” Khalid said.
Head of the delegation Kuan Chee Heng said the purpose of the visit was to better understand how the police emergency response works.
“We want to educate people on the real nature of police work and the fact that they would react to any emergency effectively,” said Kuan, who is also the adviser to the Bukit Puchong community policing programme.
Selangor traffic and public order chief Supt Che Hussin Omar briefed the visitors on the contingent’s control centre and took questions from the floor.
On the community policing concept, he said it was a shared responsibility between the police and the public.
“As long as the police receives reliable information from the public about suspicious characters, then it is not hard to catch the person.
When asked about the police manpower shortage, Khalid said the government was addressing the problem.
“Policemen have to be recruited and trained for about six to seven months. It may take between eight and 10 years to solve the manpower problem.”
Asked if the influx of foreigners in the country have contributed to the crime rate, Khalid conceded, but claimed that the percentage of crime contribution by locals was higher.
He said crime index and statistics have shown that crime in Selangor had dropped.
When told that there are people out there who do not make reports thus not reflecting the actual crime figure, Khalid said it’s the elected reps’ responsibility to get the people to work closely with the police.
Meanwhile Kuan said they are towards achieving zero tolerance concept and broken window theory in their community policing.
“The broken window theory means people must take care of petty crimes in their neighbourhood so that it won’t escalate into bigger ones.
“With zero tolerance, we want residents to not tolerate even petty crimes, and report to the police.”
For emergency, call the Selangor contingent headquarters hotline at 03-2052 9999 or Malaysian Control Centre at 03-2262 6444.
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