M'sian Home Ministry Eyes World Class Policing Strategy

PETALING JAYA (Selangor, Malaysia), Feb 14 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Home Ministry and Royal Malaysia Police are looking to implement the World Class Policing (WCP) strategy this year as part of the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) towards providing the public with better policing services. Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said WCP, a benchmarking exercise, would monitor inputs and outcomes of the local police in comparison with the police forces in countries like the United Kingdom, United States, Japan and Hong Kong. He said WCP would serve as a guideline for top police officers and policy makers as to what should be improved and which key areas to be prioritised. "We'll adopt the best practices and discard outdated approaches to policing," he said in his keynote address at the International Conference on Principled Policing: Rule of Law, Public Order and Sustainable Development, here Monday. Hishammuddin noted that in 2011, police recorded a drop of 11.1 per cent in overall crime rate and a 39.7 per cent reduction in street crime. "Furthermore, 2011 saw the satisfaction index of the public with regards to frontline services of the police soaring to 70.5 per cent, way above the 60 per cent target set," Hishammuddin said. He said other approaches that had been implemented to reduce the crime rate included focusing on 50 crime hotspots in several states and increasing collaboration with bodies like the People's Volunteer Corps (RELA), Civil Defence Department and municipal councils. -- BERNAMA