In this letter I hope to address and provide insights on police and other law enforcement agencies’ policies and procedures during a hot pursuit. During such a scenario, a police officer will weigh and assess the risk a fleeing suspect in a vehicle may pose to the public if allowed to escape versus the danger…
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia should gear itself towards cyber resilience as the threat of a global cybersecurity breach continues to pose a major risk. Cybersecurity expert Professor Dr Selvakumar Manickam from Universiti Sains Malaysia said the country should produce more cybersecurity engineers and invest in acquiring the latest technology while constantly evaluating all public portals and…
It is not unusual to see civil servants, especially high-ranking officers who have less than a year before their retirement, get a promotion. While it is not a phenomenon, it is rarely discussed. This “sympathy promotion” exercise is common in many government agencies, and affects them, both in terms of public perception, and financially. Promoting…
MCPF Penang Website Visitors’ Log attained a decent hit rate of 5,560 whilst racking up a steady monthly average of 5,466.40 Hits for the first 5 months of 2021). It demonstrates continually being able to attract a steady stream of visitors who have an interest and desire for wanting to keep themselves abreast on Crime…
PDRM Penang Senior Police Officers will have a couple of key organizational changes at IPK P, Pinang and IPD Barat Daya respectively. MCPF Penang looks forward to continued collaboration and cooperation with the Incoming and wish the very best and Thank You to the outgoing Senior Police Officers. In announcements made by Bukit Aman, Penang…
KUALA LUMPUR: Dragging repeat offenders to court, alternative forms of sentencing and publicising legal repercussions against errant celebrities flouting the standard operating procedures (SOP) can revive the public’s trust towards the authorities. Legal experts and criminologists stressed that these moves would reinforce the fact that no one is above the law, including VVIPs who were…
Former Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador, had in March, said senior ranking officers within the police force were corrupt. The damning revelation, however, came as no surprise, given there had been an increasing number of police officers being nabbed for their involvement in crime. Corruption among enforcement personnel in recent times…
A top criminologist has called upon the authorities to quickly act on the allegations of corruption and political interference made by former Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador so that the revelations will not be in vain. Datuk P. Sundramoorthy, who is an honorary associate professor of Universiti Sains Malaysia, said it was…
