Police take to higher ground to fight crime

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THE police have launched their Floor-to-Floor Policing at the 200-unit Sri Cassia @ Laman Puteri Condominium in Bandar Puteri Puchong.

The brainchild of Serdang OCPD Abdul Razak Elias, the project is to check on crimes at high-rise buildings.

Puchong Jaya police station officer-in-charge Inspector Hailmi Zil Azam Nordin, who coordinated the event, said policemen would be deployed regularly to make unscheduled patrols to the hotspots among residential high-rise buildings in Puchong.

“For a start, our patrols will cover condominiums, apartments and low-cost flats all over Bandar Puteri where there has been a spate of crimes, including within gated and guarded communities.”

A real relief: Azmah (second from left) with her two children speaking with inspector Hailmi Zul Azam after the programme’s launch.

A resident Azmah Aman, whose car was stolen recently while parked outside her condominium, welcomed the new police initiative.

“I believe residents will feel a lot safer when there are policemen walking about inside the building,” she said.

Another resident Ong Geok Eng said there had been several house break-ins.

“With police presence inside the building, I think people with criminal intentions will move out,” she said.

Insp Hailmi advised residents to be more responsible for their own safety. “We cannot be everywhere all the time.”

During the launch of the Floor-to-Floor Policing, Serdang deputy police chief DSP Lam Chin Fei said the crime rate in Bandar Kinrara was expected to reduce significantly when the Serdang district police headquarters is relocated to Bandar Kinrara 5 next year.

The new RM65mil headquarters under construction now will replace the existing rented premises in Bandar Putra Permai, Seri Kembangan.

The new building will accommodate the Kinrara police station and 18 police quarters.