Just SMS for police patrols
BY NELSON BENJAMIN AND YAM PHUI YEEKUALA LUMPUR: City folk, who want the police to keep an eye on their homes when going on holiday, can now just send a short messaging service (SMS) text to the cops via 32728.
Besides asking for additional police patrols when they are not around, members of the public can also find out which police station to lodge their reports, locations of embassies and even hospitals via the Rakan COP SMS.
One can even register to become a Rakan COP member via SMS.
City Internal Security, Public Order and Traffic head Asst Comm Jamaludin Khalid said that all SMS sent to Rakan COP would receive a prompt reply.
“Those wanting to register as a member need not have to use their real name – they can also use a nickname.
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JOINING FORCES: Asst Comm Jamaludin Khalid showing the Rakan COP poster to representatives from radio taxi companies at the Contingent Control Centre at the City Police headquarters. |
ACP Jamaludin, who earlier chaired a dialogue session with 15 representatives of taxi companies, radio stations and The Star Online that have join Rakan COP, said city folk should utilise the Rakan COP SMS and also City hotline facility (03-2115 999) for their benefit.
“All tip-offs and public information to the Rakan COP programme in the city is channelled through a sophisticated operations centre known as the Contingent Control Centre, which is located on the 15th floor of the police headquarters in Jalan Hang Tuah,'' he said.
On the dialogue session, he said all the 11 radio taxi companies operating in the city had agreed to co-operate with the Rakan COP programme.
“The radio stations have also agreed to make announcements, when we need the public's help,” ACP Jamaludin said.
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