A comprehensive Crime Prevention Action Plan is needed for PJ

A comprehensive Crime Prevention Action Plan for Petaling Jaya is urgently needed to prevent PJ from becoming a criminal city.

Assistant Officer of Command for Police District (AOCPD) of Petaling Jaya Superintendent Sugu on 28th January 2007 claimed that crime index in Petaling Jaya rose 22.6%, an alarming rate which not only surpassed Selangor’s 14.3% but also national average of 15.7% last year.

The increment of crime index by 22.6% last year as compared to 2005, a percentage even higher than the state and national level clearly shows that PJ is heading to be a city of crime.

There have been efforts from various parties and stakeholders in PJ, i.e. political parties, residents associations, rukun tetangga, business communities, enforcement units like Police Force, City Hall and other government agencies like RELA to fight crime but these efforts, if left uncoordinated, will not be optimized to fight crime in PJ.
The 22.6% increase in crime index in PJ is an alarming signal that it shows that police efforts to fight crime have not achieved any success. Several dialogues between the police and the residents held by local elected representatives have not been very effective in reducing crime rate in the local level. In fact, the situation has been worsening for the past two to three years.

Musa had even made a commitment to the public to fight crime especially the 3 priority areas of snatch thefts, armed robberies and drug trafficking. He had even attended a dialogue with PJ residents last year but unfortunately nothing effective took place after the dialogue to enhance social security in PJ.

Insufficient manpower to fight crime in the police force is also another major factor contributing to the worsening situation in PJ. When Christopher becomes the CID Director, he claim that he is taking charge of only 8,000 criminal investigation department officials protecting the public from criminals throughout the country. With only 8000 CID officers, how many of them are deployed to safeguard PJ folks?

The ratio of 1 policeman for every 5,500 citizens in PJ is a ratio too high from international standard of 1 to 250 citizens.

A Crime Prevention Committee of Petaling Jaya must be formed with the initiatives from various government authorities i.e. Petaling Jaya City Hall. This committee shall work as a working committee whose membership encompasses various stakeholders in PJ to formulate a long-term crime prevention action plan. Would this be more meaningful compared to just organizing countless dialogues with the police?

PJ需要一个全面的防范犯罪行动计划

八打灵再也需要一个全面的防范犯罪行动计划，避免灵市成为罪犯之城。

八打灵再也副警区主任苏古警监在1月28日表示，灵市在2006年的罪案率飙升22.6%，增长幅度非常惊人，甚至超过雪州14.3%和全国15.7%的犯罪率增长！如果有关方面没有拟定一项全面的防范犯罪行动计划，灵市将逐渐成为一个犯罪之都。

虽然灵市各阶层人士（包括朝野政党、居民协会、睦邻原则计划、社团商团、包括警方和市政局执法组在内的执法单位以及其他政府机构如自愿警卫队等等）在防范罪案方面投入大量的人力、物力和财力，但是如果这些努力没有获得良好的协调，它们最终将付诸东流，无法在打击罪案方面做出最大的贡献。

其实，八打灵再也居高不下的罪案率显示警方最近的种种努力并没有达致重大的功效。过去一年由当地人民代议士所举办的数项警民对话也无法降低地方上的罪案率。更严重的是，地方上的治安在过去两三年似有恶化的迹象。

全国总警长慕沙虽然曾经向公众承诺，要打击攖夺、持械抢劫及贩毒3大领域的罪案，而且在去年也曾经亲临八打灵再也再也出席一场警民对话，但是对话过后警方依然无法增加人手，加强八打灵再也的治安。

当尹树基去年出任全国刑事调查主任时，他曾经表示他领导的是一个只有8000名人员的刑事调查部。试问只有8000名警力的刑事调查部又如何能够有效防范罪案？

如果以8000名警员来对比2600万人民，其警民比例是1对3250，这个比例比起国际警民比例，即1对250来的低。在八打灵再也，其情况更为严重，因为八打灵再也的警民比例是1对5500人，除了比国际警民标准比例低之外，也比起全国的警民比列还要低。

有鉴于此，各政府机构如灵市市政厅应该采取主动成立八打灵再也防范罪案委员会，并且让灵市各阶层人士成为这个委员会的成员，共同拟定八打灵再也防范罪案行动计划。这难道不会比举办警民对话更有意义吗？