As a Member of Parliament, I used to defend the police when faced with numerous complaints from my constituents in Johor Baru. I told my constituents to have faith in the police as their alternative would be to pay for expensive personal security guards. No more. More than a month ago, my trust and belief in the police force evaporated when my wife was mugged in broad daylight in her car at the front gate of my house by two men on a motorcycle. I had spent a lot of money protecting the perimeter of my house from all forms of intrusion and expected the police to provide a safe neighbourhood beyond it. I certainly did not expect my wife to be violated right in front of my house.
I live in a middle-to-upper-class neighbourhood of Damansara Heights in Kuala Lumpur where many senior politicians, top civil servants and businessman already pay for a private security service. This extra layer of private security may have lulled the local police force into such a false sense of security that they are able to spend more time erecting roadblocks to catch speeding cars along Jalan Bukit Kiara in front of the Intan campus every day, rain or shine, instead of securing my neighbourhood a kilometre away. I need not remind the public of the free time the traffic police have to set up the many unnecessary “cari makan” speed traps and roadblocks on major public and tolled highways.
Over the years, the public have been assured by the police that they are implementing various strategies to reduce crime in the country. And they have produced statistic after statistic to show that reported crime in the country is down. However, the feedback I get back from the public in Kuala Lumpur and Johor Baru is that crime is on the rise in their neighbourhood.
In my opinion, the main reason why the police have failed to reduce crime, or at least reduce the perception that that crime is pervasive in the country, is that they have little idea of strategies to be used against this new wave of disorganised crime. Gone are the days when the police were managing organised crime by holding the local crime boss responsible for the wayward actions of his downliners. The country was perceived as being safe back then.
Another reason could just be that the police chiefs are greedy or in the pockets of the local gangsters, funded by the lucrative DVD pirating business amongst others and are too busy protecting them to bother about tackling petty crimes and protecting the public at large, ironically echoing the Police hit “Wrapped Around Your Finger”.
With that in mind, I am not surprised at the growing opposition to the second contract extension for the Inspector General of Police , Tan Sri Musa Hassan. He has been given four years to transform the police force and restore people’s confidence, and he has failed thus far. I think the current bad crime situation warrants extreme action.Maybe the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak should emulate his father’s action in catapulting a junior officer to like Tun Haniff Omar to the top position of IGP to shake up the police force.The police force should be reorganised from a top-heavy bureaucracy into a flexible people-friendly organisation. The police force currently has more than 90,000 personnel. However only 30,000 of them are actually working the street beat. The other 60,000 are higher paid administration level staff filling paperwork in the office. Maybe its time the organisation structure of the police force is turned on its head and the larger administration staff are ordered to leave their comfortable office and patrol the streets.I am sure they would be more effective in ensuring the streets are safe than sitting in the office. If they refuse, then they should be given early retirement so that the police force is able to hire newer, more dedicated staff.
The increased numbers of beat cops would strengthen the police network at street level and allow the police to start building community partnerships and strengthening neighbourhood watch schemes like Rukun Tetangga to deter the perpetrators of petty and small crimes.Perhaps the Home Minister can make that his key performance indicator (KPI) and priority for his ministry. If the Minister and the new IGP can implement my suggestions above, maybe then I would believe I would start to have faith in the police force again.- Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed BN MP-Pulai.
source:malaysian insider.
Apart from that the police are only interested in protecting BN/UMNO MPs and and their cronies. While,on the other hand the police will do whatever within their powers to harass and intimidate the opposition members and the poor rakyat at their free will. The above video is a testimony of police brutality in action.
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PKR's Padang Serai MP N Gobalakrishnan was this morning charged with obstructing the police during the Permatang Pasir by-election nominations yesterday. He claimed trial at the Bukit Mertajam Magistrate's Court. He was released on bail of RM2,000 bail, posted by his wife R Vasanthi.The case will be mentioned on Sept 28. He was taken to court in an ambulance from the Bukit Mertajam Hospital about 11am and then into the courtroom in a wheelchair.
Gobalakrishnan was arrested yesterday, after being involved in a melee with the police, for allegedly abusing police personnel verbally and refusing to heed orders to stop using such language. He was taken to hospital after claiming that he was injured in the course of his arrest.
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