Puchong Perdana Residents Chip In To Build Beat Base

The local community of Taman Puchong Perdana pooled their resources to set up their first police beat base in Jalan Perdana 2/1, Taman Puchong Perdana, Puchong.

Selangor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar, who opened the beat base, said: “The beat base will serve as a meeting point for the police and residents.

“In addition to carrying out their duties like crime prevention and patrols, the police officers at the beat base would be able to foster a closer relationship with the local community.”

Khalid commended the local community for their efforts, and hoped that they would continue to cooperate with the police as crime prevention requires a joint effort by both parties.

Subang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Zainal Rashid Abu Bakar and Bukit Puchong Police Station Chief Inspector Basri Sagoni were also present at the function.

According to Bukit Puchong community policing treasurer Datuk Sim Swee Hing, the residents and business community collected the RM15,000 needed to build the police beat base within two weeks.

“It took a year for us to get the application approved by the Selangor state police headquarters before we could set up the police beat base.

“Having this cabin here will help reduce the crime rate in Puchong Perdana, and make the people feel more safe and secure,” said Sim, adding that snatch theft was rampant in the area.

Bukit Puchong community policing committee member Sarifudin Johan said the beat base would come under the Bukit Puchong Police Station’s jurisdiction.

“The cabin was a joint effort by the local community and the Bukit Puchong community policing, which was initiated a year ago to serve as the liaison between the residents and the police.

“The community policing is aimed at helping the police to reduce crime and address the social illnesses in our society like mat rempit, drugs and lepak,” said Sarifudin.

“We have about 50 members from 30 housing areas in Bukit Puchong.”

He said the Bukit Puchong community policing had received good support from the residents and police.

Source: The Star

Community Policing Pays Off In Puchong

The community policing team in Bandar Bukit Puchong retrieved two stolen motorcycles in a joint operation recently.

The team, led by Chief Inspector Basri Sagoni from the Bukit Puchong police station and Kuan Chee Heng (founder of community policing website http://cops.org.my/), conducted random checks on the motorcycles in Pangsa Perdana, Puchong Perdana.

Out of the 150 motorcycles inspected, 25 were closely examined.

Kuan said a few factors were taken into consideration to determine whether a motorcycle was stolen or not.

“We kept an eye on the bikes with broken ignition systems, or those that appeared old but have only covered a short mileage.

“If necessary, we then called up the police and checked if the plate number, chassis number and engine number of the vehicle matched the ones in the system,” he said.

The two motorcycles, which had been reported lost, were taken back to the police station.

Kuan said the operation was carried out as the theft of motorcycles was alarming even though the statistics showed a decrease.

“Bikes parked at shopping malls and flats are easy targets as they are left unattended,” he added.

He suggested the local councils install locks at motorcycle parking lots, taking a cue from a Puchong Utama resident who locked his machine to metal poles welded to the ground.

“He parked his bike and went up to his unit one day and saw somebody trying to steal his bike. So, he came up with this idea to lock his motorcycle to deter theft,” Kuan said.

Kuan added that more operations would be carried out in the future.

Meanwhile, Kuan said a businessman has contributed RM12,000 to build a cabin in Jalan Kekwa, Puchong Perdana.

“Hopefully it will be operational next week and the police officers can make a pit stop, or even be station there,” he said.

Source: The Star

Selangor Police To Launch Its Website Soon

The Selangor police will soon have a website of its own.

Selangor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said the police were looking into setting up a website.

“Once our site is up, we can link these two websites together,” he said, referring to the website of the community policing of the Seri Serdang constituency, which he launched at the IOI Mall in Puchong recently.

The trilingual website (http://cops.org.my/) is the latest effort by the community policing team to reach more people.

The public can get information like crime prevention tips, or submit complaints and commendations for the police through the website.

“The police officers can also blog on their experiences, if they want,” said Kuan Chee Heng, special assistant to Seri Serdang assemblyman Datuk Satim Diman.

Khalid commended the team for their efforts.

“It gives us a chance to interact directly with the public. Crime prevention is a responsibility that can be shared together by the police and the people,” he said.

Currently, there are 65 community polices in Bandar Bukit Puchong and 25 in Bandar Puchong Jaya, five months after the community policing project took off.

“We are focusing on disseminating crime prevention information through website, seminars or dialougues.

“We are working on crime prevention, rather than taking care of the problem,” Kuan, who represented the community polices, said.

Kuan welcomed more Puchong residents to take part in the programme.

“Interested people can apply through our website and they will be vetted by the police.

“Anyone can join us as long as they do not criminal records,” he said.

Source: The Star