Police recruits training in 3 months?

Police recruits training to be cut to 3 months to hire more

JEMPOL: Training for new recruits at the various police training centres will be shortened from the present six months to three to allow the force to hire more cops.
Federal police management (training) deputy director Datuk Mortadza Nazarene said the move was necessary to expedite the intake of some 60,000 policemen desperately needed to maintain peace and combat crime.
At present, the country has close to 100,000 policemen.
“Hiring more cops is part of the NKRA for the police force. This is important as we have set our targets to reduce the crime index and make the country a safe place to be at all times.
“This is also part of our strategy to enhance our role as a quality service provider,” he said at the passing out of 429 recuits at the Air Hitam police training centre near here.
In the 1980s and 1990s, new police recruits were required to undergo a nine-month training programme. This was reduced to six.
However, there have been occasions when the training period was reduced to fewer months particularly when the force needed to hire more cops.
Mortadza said the modules and curriculum would also be reviewed to ensure the recruits received wholesome training.
“This is essential because we want them to have a good grasp of their tasks and responsibilities,” he said.
He said to ensure the new recruits were prepared for the tasks ahead, they would continue with another three-month on-the-job training after their posting.
“They will be posted to the various contingents or district police stations where they will be able to learn from their seniors. This also makes effective training as they will be under the direct supervision of police officers,” he said.
Mortadza said with better training modules and on-the-job training, the recruits would be as good as those who underwent the six month training.
Earlier, Federal CID director Datuk Koh Hong Sun, who witnessed the passing out of the recruits, said more Indians and Chinese youths should join the force.
“We need more non Malays as we sometimes encounter problems such as communicating with the people who are not fluent in Bahasa Malaysia or English,” he said.
He also gave away the best recruit awards to Muhammad Noryandi Mosidi, 23, Mohamad Firdaus Jaafar, 21 and Mazwan Tulin, 22.

tunku : we understand that we need more cops but reducing training will not help the country to get the best cops.we want quality not quantity. 3 months training is not enough in building up the character in a person especially when the person is trusted to safeguard the country.hope the ministry will look into this training matters seriously.