Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan

Tan Sri Musa Hassan“As members of thecommunity, we eachhave an individualresponsibility to ourneighbour – we haveto play a part to ensurethat our neighbourhousing area and oursociety is safe”Malaysia is no different – we started this initiative way back in the 1960s andsince then, the platform has evolved over time in response to the changing socialand economic situation of our country. Over the years, we have increased ourinteraction with the community in an effort to reach out to you, and secure greatercooperation and support. Today, you will see more community police stations,more community police beats, meetings with residents associations, educationalinstitutions, traders, etc.Our Rakancop programme is growing from strength to strength – more andmore people are coming forward to assist with investigations, provide us withvital information and work on various platforms from which crime preventionstrategies are devised.However, public involvement is still lagging behind – we have 27 million Malaysiansand only 100,000 police personnel – we still need more Malaysians to comeforward and participate.As parents, teachers, siblings and friends, we all have a moral duty to shape thesociety we live in and shape the society our children will live in one day.This united effort is the key to tackling issues at the grassroots level. It takes a jointand concerted effort to nurture our future generation to be law-abiding and notonly disassociated from all criminal activity but also take an active stand againstcrime and criminal elements. Let’s work together. Let’s be united against crime– we are at your service and we need your service.75