KUALA LUMPUR – Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) personnel who will be on duty in the upcoming 15th general election (GE15) need to have comprehensive knowledge of their respective jurisdictions to uphold the force’s and government’s credibility, said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani.
All commanding officers and rank and file personnel, he said, need to read and understand the Election Offences Act 1954 and other related acts.
“With GE15 approaching, I have issued instructions on September 14 to PDRM to strengthen the practice of politeness in the delivery of their services, something that needs to be given attention to.
“Police personnel need to be wise in controlling their emotions and speech, in addition to maintaining professionalism at the highest level throughout their duties, especially when faced with provocative situations,” he said when delivering his message at the Inspector-General of Police’s Monthly Assembly at Bukit Aman here today.
He said the police also need to transparently deal with issues related to any political party so that PDRM continues to be seen as a professional policing institution.
“I have also appointed Department of Internal Security and Public Order director Datuk Hazani Ghazali as GE15 Police Operations director and hopefully all elements under the department, which is the operating department with the largest assets and staffing, can carry out their duties well,” he said.
He hoped that PDRM will optimally use its machinery with strategic planning to ensure that GE15 will be peaceful and, at the same time, be able to carry out the essential task of maintaining national security well.
On natural disasters such as floods, Acryl said he had instructed all police headquarters both at the contingent and district levels to be prepared in terms of personnel and assets for mobilisation whenever needed.
“PDRM needs to take heed of the great floods that hit the country in December last year which tested the security forces’ preparedness in the face of crisis. Learn and improve so that PDRM can deal with future disasters more effectively and can render assistance as soon as possible,” he said. – Bernama, September 26, 2022
