(From left) Sea Park resident Don Darrell greeting Rukun Tetangga SS2B resident association deputy chairman Willie Tan Kim Tun and his member Ngiam Chong Choy together with Sea Park policemen Kpl Senin Abdul and L/Kpl Amir Kumar in front of his home in Petaling Jaya yesterday. The policemen and Rukun Tetangga members were on their security walkabout in a joint operation to keep the neighbourhood safe in conjunction with the Hari Raya break. — BRIAN MOH / The Star
By ANDREW SAGAYAM
saggy@thestar.com.my
PETALING JAYA: Police want to promote closer relations among the races by organising joint crime prevention patrols in housing estates during the festive holidays.
Selangor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said the police and the public would patrol neighbourhoods together, either on foot or by vehicle, throughout the state during the Hari Raya holidays.
“We want to promote the idea that when one community goes back to their kampung to celebrate their festival, the other races from the same area can go around the neighbourhood on anti-crime patrols with us.
“We’ll also look out for vacant homes that may be prone to break-ins during long holiday periods.
“The patrols will start two days before the Hari Raya holidays and will end when most of the residents return,” he said when launching the “Balik Kampung – Rumah Selamat” campaign at the One Utama shopping centre here yesterday.
He added that the patrols would be mostly conducted at night.
DCP Khalid said the method was tried out in Seri Kembangan during the Chinese New Year holidays early this year and had yielded “excellent results”.
“When we carried out this programme for one week in Seri Kembangan, the crime rate was zero,” he said.
DCP Khalid said besides Seri Kembangan, the police had approached residents’ associations in Puchong and Damansara to conduct the new round of crime prevention patrols.
He said there would be more such meetings with other residents’ associations.
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