Bigger Role For Auxilliary Police Under NKRA

(Bernama) – GEORGE TOWN — The police is formulating new and innovative methods to enable auxilliary policemen to contribute towards strategies under the National Key Result Areas (NKRA).

Inspector-General of Police Ismail Omar said he had met with all agencies having auxilliary policemen to get them to contribute to the strategies, specifically in preventing crime and reducing the crime rate.

“Nevertheless, in the context of roping in the auxilliary police, several technical issues involving legalities need to be unravelled before this matter could be implemented,” he said in his speech when opening a Sime Darby Plantation Sdn Bhd (SDP) Loyal Service Award 2010 at a hotel in Bukit Jambul, here yesterday.

He said auxilliary policemen could play a very important role in protecting company assets, factories, industries and plantations to ensure the economic development of the nation.

“The complementary component role of auxilliary police is very important to us and the filling up of vacancies are by some ex-soldiers who are keen to work in the rural areas,” he said.

Ismail said population increase and economic activities which did not match the number of policemen were overcome by the presence of the auxilliary policemen. There were now 17,292 auxilliary policemen nationwide.

Meanwhile, Ismail said the police had successfully set up a main committee to fight syndicates stealing palm oil. Earlier in the ceremony, a total of 189 SDP auxilliary policemen received the service medal awards (Pingat Kebaktian- P.K.) for merit and loyalty after having served between 15 and 30 years in ensuring the security and smooth-running operation of the company.

(Bernama)