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<blockquote data-quote="DingChavez" data-source="post: 201532" data-attributes="member: 791"><p>ok on topic boss...I believe there's 2 types of crimes, crimes of opportunity and crimes which are planned.</p><p> </p><p>******</p><p>On crimes which are planned, personally i believe <strong>part of the reason</strong> of the rising crime rate is that the police here is under equiped to actually be more effective. This is not their fault, it's just that for a long time Malaysia has relatively been crime free, so our police force in not ready both physically and mentally to combat newer, more violent crimes which are planned in advance.</p><p> </p><p>do understand, when i said combat violent crimes, not solving it after it happens, but preventing it before it happens or combatting it while it happens.</p><p> </p><p>eg 1. Most of our constables go on the beat still armed with batons and revolver. THAT would be okay 20 years ago, but not relevent nowadays. Batons are fine, that's for non lethal encounters, such as pick pockets and vcd sellers and such. But what if there's an armed roberry in progress? revolvers won't help as it's not accurate enough, nor does it have enough stopping power. That won't help in the situation, furthermore, there will be chances of a stray shot hitting an innocent bystander.</p><p> </p><p>faced with that situation, the constables would then have to consider/reconsider their actions, and that will take time and more often than not by the time they have decided of the action, the criminals would be escaping or shooting back at them or worse still have taken a hostage. Then the situation will degrade further as the police is reacting to the criminals movement/action instead of proacting or taking charge of the situation by forcing the criminals to react to the force</p><p> </p><p>Now you may be thinking what's this got to do with crime rates in Malaysia. Simple! by being under equipped, the message we are sending out to the criminals is saying "what ever you do, we will react to it" where as we want to send a message "what ever you do, we are prepared to use appropriate force to respond". Reacting and responding has 2 different meanings in regards to tactics or the use of force. If the police show that they are ready to respond with appropriate force, that will help to reduce violent, armed and planned crimes.</p><p> </p><p>for these types of crimes, we need both the force and the goverment to work hand in hand to increase the effectiveness and to equip the force better for today's scenario.</p><p> </p><p>*****</p><p>but much of the crimes that are commited are crimes of opportunity. These kinds of crimes, the police wont be able to do much about except investigate as they can't predict which opportunity the criminals will take to do it. These kind of crimes need our - the citizens or public joe - vigilance to try and minimise the opportunity for the criminals. That's what we need to do....</p><p> </p><p>eg 2. crimes such as rape can be reduced by reducing the risk or the opportunity for the rapist to strike. seldom rape is done by an unknown person planning and execitung the rape. most of it are crimes of opportunity (please bear in mind that I am in no way saying that the rape victim is at fault. Rape is a crime that I take very seriously and personally and if i have my way, the rapists would be castrated by me.)</p><p> </p><p>eg 3. robbers breaking into the house, again mostly crimes of opportunity, and again we can minimise the risk. Snatch is also same, minize your risk, be practical and logical. think on your toes. And so on and so forth.</p><p> </p><p>(i've seen an advert on TV saying always walk on the opposite side of the road so that you can see incoming cars... well to me that's just logical. not only that, it also helps you to see "threats", plan your evasive route and if need be, potential weapons or objects you can use for defence/attack.)</p><p> </p><p>*****</p><p>Conclusion, both the police, the powers that be, and us citizens will have to work together to combat crimes. Police would have to be more efficient and better, they need better training, better equipment. The powers that be have to provide the funds for the training and the equipments. and citizens would have to minimize risk and opportunity for criminal to strike.</p><p> </p><p>I mean it's okay to complain about this and that but in the end we make the difference. be on your toes, be aware of your sorrounding, be safe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DingChavez, post: 201532, member: 791"] ok on topic boss...I believe there's 2 types of crimes, crimes of opportunity and crimes which are planned. ****** On crimes which are planned, personally i believe [B]part of the reason[/B] of the rising crime rate is that the police here is under equiped to actually be more effective. This is not their fault, it's just that for a long time Malaysia has relatively been crime free, so our police force in not ready both physically and mentally to combat newer, more violent crimes which are planned in advance. do understand, when i said combat violent crimes, not solving it after it happens, but preventing it before it happens or combatting it while it happens. eg 1. Most of our constables go on the beat still armed with batons and revolver. THAT would be okay 20 years ago, but not relevent nowadays. Batons are fine, that's for non lethal encounters, such as pick pockets and vcd sellers and such. But what if there's an armed roberry in progress? revolvers won't help as it's not accurate enough, nor does it have enough stopping power. That won't help in the situation, furthermore, there will be chances of a stray shot hitting an innocent bystander. faced with that situation, the constables would then have to consider/reconsider their actions, and that will take time and more often than not by the time they have decided of the action, the criminals would be escaping or shooting back at them or worse still have taken a hostage. Then the situation will degrade further as the police is reacting to the criminals movement/action instead of proacting or taking charge of the situation by forcing the criminals to react to the force Now you may be thinking what's this got to do with crime rates in Malaysia. Simple! by being under equipped, the message we are sending out to the criminals is saying "what ever you do, we will react to it" where as we want to send a message "what ever you do, we are prepared to use appropriate force to respond". Reacting and responding has 2 different meanings in regards to tactics or the use of force. If the police show that they are ready to respond with appropriate force, that will help to reduce violent, armed and planned crimes. for these types of crimes, we need both the force and the goverment to work hand in hand to increase the effectiveness and to equip the force better for today's scenario. ***** but much of the crimes that are commited are crimes of opportunity. These kinds of crimes, the police wont be able to do much about except investigate as they can't predict which opportunity the criminals will take to do it. These kind of crimes need our - the citizens or public joe - vigilance to try and minimise the opportunity for the criminals. That's what we need to do.... eg 2. crimes such as rape can be reduced by reducing the risk or the opportunity for the rapist to strike. seldom rape is done by an unknown person planning and execitung the rape. most of it are crimes of opportunity (please bear in mind that I am in no way saying that the rape victim is at fault. Rape is a crime that I take very seriously and personally and if i have my way, the rapists would be castrated by me.) eg 3. robbers breaking into the house, again mostly crimes of opportunity, and again we can minimise the risk. Snatch is also same, minize your risk, be practical and logical. think on your toes. And so on and so forth. (i've seen an advert on TV saying always walk on the opposite side of the road so that you can see incoming cars... well to me that's just logical. not only that, it also helps you to see "threats", plan your evasive route and if need be, potential weapons or objects you can use for defence/attack.) ***** Conclusion, both the police, the powers that be, and us citizens will have to work together to combat crimes. Police would have to be more efficient and better, they need better training, better equipment. The powers that be have to provide the funds for the training and the equipments. and citizens would have to minimize risk and opportunity for criminal to strike. I mean it's okay to complain about this and that but in the end we make the difference. be on your toes, be aware of your sorrounding, be safe. [/QUOTE]
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