Saturday September 8, 2007
Traffic cops can’t use special tools
PETALING JAYA: An average of 80% of traffic officers in 19 police stations across the country are not qualified to use speed detectors, breathalysers and tinted glass readers.
According to the Auditor-General’s report that was released yesterday, of the 372 officers in 19 police stations, 282 officers (78.5%) did not have the required certification to use speed detectors, 341 officers (91.7%) for breathalysers and 330 officers (88.7%) for tinted glass readers.
“Without the certification, summonses issued by these officers can be contested in court,” the report said, adding that specials skills were required to handle such equipment.
“Traffic officers involved need to attend courses by the suppliers of the equipment to get a recognised certificate of handling.”
Apart from this, the report said traffic police were also facing a shortage of such equipment even though many requests had been made to the Internal Security Ministry.
“However, the traffic police did receive 15 breathalyser units last year costing RM4.8mil (along with related components) but as of March this year, the benefit to the public has yet to be realised,” the report said.
The report said this was because of technical issues such as changing the language from English to Bahasa Malaysia, installing MyKad readers, calibration by Sirim and training for the officers.
The report said the audit was carried out to determine if traffic enforcement was planned and implemented efficiently. The audit referred to files and records between 2004 and last year from the Bukit Aman police headquarters and 19 police stations around the country.
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