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Thursday March 22, 2007

IGP plans to introduce new vision and mission

KUALA LUMPUR: The 200-year-old Royal Malaysia Police has to undergo rebranding to regain public confidence in its credibility, said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan.

“I have to make changes for the better for the rebranding of the force,” he said in an interview on the Selamat Pagi Malaysia programme over Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) in conjunction with the bicentennial Police Day on March 25.

»A fresh sense of integrity would be instilled in the 97,000 officers and men of the force by bringing them closer to the people« TAN SRI MUSA HASSAN
Bernama reported that the first step in the re-branding exercise would be to introduce the new vision and mission of the force in conformity with the theme of Police Day activities, “Royal Malaysia Police Towards Global Distinction”.

In principle, the aspects emphasised by him included enhancing the level of training of newly recruited police officers and men.

Musa said he also aspired to upgrade the efficiency of investigation by the police and its forensics unit in view of the transnational nature of crime involving international syndicates.

He also wanted to improve the service scheme of the force in a move to attract more people into building themselves a career in the field of policing.

Musa said that a fresh sense of integrity would be instilled in the 97,000 officers and men of the force by bringing them closer to the people, particularly youths, as a proactive measure to keep the people away from crime.

He noted that international syndicates used the country as a transit point for activities such as prostitution, drug trafficking and firearms smuggling, and movement of criminals.

As such, the force had taken the proactive measure of seeking the people’s cooperation in feeding it information on such activities through the Rakan Cop programme that has been expanded to cover the whole country last year, he said.

Furthermore, Musa said, the police had also taken the initiative to bolster the scientific methods of retrieving criminal evidence to ensure that detained suspects did not escape prosecution.

In Johor Baru, state police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Hussin Ismail said that all police personnel would be required to undergo a health and fitness programme with elements of self-defence in it to ensure that they were fit to perform their duties.

“This includes a fitness test four times a year,” DCP Husin added.

DCP Hussin said that those who failed their tests would be counselled and guided so that they would pass the next round of the fitness test. – Bernama

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