Despite all these overwhelming cases of violent crimes, we have “official” media apologist with their heads in the sand. Read the STAR’s V.K. Chin’s “Comments” of July 12th below and his sarcastic remarks about JB citizens expecting a policeman to guard each house. I suppose he would not be able to feel the pain and anguish of the victims or their families whose lives will be destroyed forever until the day something similar happens to him, a fate I do not wish to happen to anyone, including him or his family. But I hope he can be more sympathetic to those who has to live with such trajedies for the rest of their lives. He is missing the trees for the forest. He cannot see that those bestial crimes that are committed cannot be prevented by the people themselves because the criminals are so blatantly bold because they know the police are not effective and this encourages more of them to carry out their evil acts:
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V.K. Chin

People too must be responsible for their security

WHEN it comes to fighting crime, policemen will always find themselves in a no-win situation. No matter how hard they work in battling criminals, people will never be satisfied.

What is demoralising is that their successes will be quickly forgotten but they will get the blame when criminals are active. They will always find themselves between a rock and a hard place.

It is obvious that maintaining law and order is not merely the responsibility of the police or the government. People too have a part to play. There will never be sufficient resources and even if police personnel should be doubled or trebled, it would still not be sufficient.

The crime busters cannot be everywhere, and nowadays, criminals are very mobile and difficult to detect. Many rape cases for example are crimes of opportunity. If a group sees a possible victim in an isolated area, they would pounce.

Some of them are so daring they would attack even if a girl was accompanied by a male if they believed they could get away with their act.

Such offences are difficult to prevent because they were unplanned but committed by those with twisted minds to satisfy their lust. The fact that the offences were usually committed at night made it hard for victims to provide specific information to police.

Presently, Johor police are facing the brunt of public anger because the state, particularly Johor Baru, is seen as being riddled with crime and that the men in blue are helpless in dealing with the situation.

Followed by what was perceived as a crime wave, members of the public are naturally up in arms and demanding action from the police, who are already overstretched.

They are demanding that more uniformed cops be seen in the city to discourage criminals from the area. But the government and Bukit Aman’s dilemma is: how many is considered enough?

From what can be gathered, it appears that JB residents would feel safe only when there are policemen guarding every street. Better still, one for each house, perhaps?

Looking at the situation and the number of uniformed policemen available, even deploying all of them from the other states to JB or Johor would still leave them understaffed.

Under the circumstances, it is time for Johoreans and all Malaysians to wake up to the fact that they cannot leave their security and safety to the police alone. They too have a role to play to protect their lives and property.

They can do this by working closely with the police in guarding the areas they live in. In other words, set up their security arrangements among the residents and the best way of doing this is to form Rukun Tetangga beats.

They can then patrol their residential areas with police assistance especially at night. This is what they should do if they and their families wish to sleep soundly at night without the fear of intruders.