Sunday, February 28, 2010

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.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Tunku

I think this move is prompted by need. The drama king has been busy with numerous street protests.

The illegal immigrants are also increasing in numbers. The massage and spa outlets harbouring prostitutes are on the increase.

So although the 3 months may seem short but the o.j.t. is more effective and can weed out the unsuitable, rather than spend 9 months and discover that the recruits are not effective.

This could be waste of funds.

The police has been working very hard and I think they are getting burnt out.

Anonymous said...

After 50 years of independence by now we should have a Police University trainning our young people to be responsible gurdians of the law.

After Form Five select a group of people that represents the racial composition of the country and put them through Pre -University Diploma.

Then those who qualify should go on to do a dregree in various field of police work. They should be placed at Grade 5 in the police force with salary scale comparable to other positions that require a dgree.Those with form Five and poor Form Six results from the POlice university should be taken in at rank-and-file anywhere from Grade9 to Grade 7. Those who enter at grade 9 to 7 must be given the opportunity to move through the ranks to reach Grade1.Those who cannot be absorbed into the Police Force could be released to find jobs in other areas. And this type of approach should be planed for all other areas of government service.

I hope that the think-tank in the Ministry of Home Affairs will give some thought to this. Ramalx