{"id":6553,"date":"2010-05-18T23:57:01","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T15:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/?p=6553"},"modified":"2010-05-19T00:26:33","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T16:26:33","slug":"crime-rate-drops-15-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2010\/05\/18\/crime-rate-drops-15-percent\/","title":{"rendered":"Crime rate drops 15 percent"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Home Ministry announced<\/a><\/strong> that crime rate index for the first four months of 2010 has reduced by 15.3% while street crimes dropped 38.7%, compared with same period last year. This is beyond the target for the whole year, so we must congratulate the police for doing their jobs well. I’ve seen more police presence around my housing and commercial\/business center areas. Their presence alone helps to create a safe feeling for the residents and public. Just by walking about, being inquisitive, and checking on people they can achieve much.<\/p>\n

My only lament is that it should have been done much earlier. One wonders what the police were doing for last few years until crime rate increased yearly.<\/p>\n

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The Home Ministry’s success in reducing the crime rate index for the first four months has surpassed the initial target set for the first four months, its Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said.<\/p>\n

The crime index has been reduced by 15.3% and street crimes dropped by 38.7% over the first four months, compared with the same period last year, he said.<\/p>\n

“It was not an easy task considering the upward trend registered from 2006 to 2009. However, we were able to reduce the crime rate beyond the set target,” said Hishammuddin after launching the 1Malaysia logo during the ministry’s monthly assembly here Tuesday.<\/p>\n

He added that the success was due to the ministry’s initiative in identifying crime hot spots quickly and efficiently as well as identifying reasons for an increase in crime through the five main principles of the Key Performance Index (KPI) and 55 initiatives drafted through crime labs.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Senator Datuk Seri Idris Jala said the results of National Key Results Area (NKRA) for crime were outstanding for the first quarter and what the police and the ministry had done in the first quarter was totally beyond expectations.<\/p>\n

“For the whole year, we are expecting the crime index, all crime put together, to drop by 5%, but in the first quarter, we have already seen the overall crime index drop by 15%.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

“That is higher than the whole year’s target. For street crimes the target was a reduction of 20%, but in the first quarter we have already seen a reduction of 39%. This is a phenomenal reduction in crime rate,” said Idris Jala.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

He said the deployment of 14,444 police, 3,160 Rela and Civil Defence Forces (JPAM) at 50 hotspots had enabled the radical reduction.<\/p>\n

“We are now moving a step forward by, not only deploying more police and voluntary forces in the streets, we are also installing CCTVs at such spots,” he said.<\/p>\n

He added that about 500 CCTVs would be installed by end of this year at all hotspots.<\/p>\n

“I’m really pleased with what has been done by the Home Ministry. This is outstanding without a doubt. We must give credit where it’s due,” he said. – Bernama<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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