Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador (
pic) said the body cameras would be distributed to seven departments within PDRM.
“We expect the men and women in the police force will be able to use the body cameras by September or November this year.
“The police, through the Home Ministry, are in the final stages of procuring the body cameras as we have entered the tender phase, ” he told The Star yesterday.
Abdul Hamid said of the 2,040 body cameras, 800 would be distributed to the Crime Prevention and Community Safety department (JPJKK); 380 to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID); 200 to the Narcotic Crime Investigation Department (NCID); 60 to the Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID); 550 to the Traffic Investigation and Enforcement department (JSPT) and 50 to the Internal Security and Public Order Department (KDNKA) and the Integrity and Standard Compliance Department (JIPS).
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PETALING JAYA: The issuance of RM10,000 compounds for standard operating procedure (SOP) violations has perplexed many people.
Police have said this is merely the default amount on the compound notice and can be reduced at the district health officer’s discretion.
But many are asking if this is the best approach to take in trying to stem SOP violations.
The Alliance for Safe Community chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said he accepted the fact that law enforcement is essential in ensuring people complied with the SOP.
“I believe stringent action should be taken against repeat offenders.
“But as lots of offenders will appeal the compounds, it will burden Health Ministry personnel to go through each appeal, ” he said.
KUALA LUMPUR: Four men, including the mastermind of the snatch theft gang dubbed Gang Ayoi Gombak , have been detained in several raids in Shah Alam, Sentul and Hulu Klang.
The mastermind, who is known as Angah , also acts as the expert in melting down stolen jewellery to be sold to goldsmiths.
Kuala Lumpur police chief Comm Datuk Saiful Azly Kamaruddin said the suspects were detained in an operation conducted between Feb 28 and March 1. We detained the first suspect, a 29-year-old man, at Jalan Sentul on Feb 28, for being involved in several snatch thefts. He was subsequently held under the Prevention of Crime Act (Poca) until March 23, he told a press conference at the KL police headquarters on Friday (March 5).