The Sarawak Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) is mobilising the participation of housewives in the state to combat crime in housing estates through the Sarawak Contingent’s AMANITA (special female personnel unit) housing estate adoption programme. Launched today, Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri asserted that the garden adoption initiative aims to increase the involvement of police officers to be closer to residents in housing areas.
Moreover, the initiative aims to communicate with housewives in an effort to prevent crime. As reported by Bernama, AMANITA is a special unit under PDRM that was established in March 2013. Among others, it seeks to obtain information related to unreported crimes in the community in an effort to help the police reduce crime rates.
Sarawak Police Commissioner, Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri
Azman further elaborated that AMANITA officers will hold a collaboration between policewomen and housewives. It will also make the residential area a safer place as well as help the police in terms of channelling information related to crime. Should they find anything suspicious happening in the surrounding area, the housewives can contact the policewomen directly and report the matter.
The Sarawak Police Commissioner said that housewives are the right group to pass on information to the police because they are always at home and are aware of the happenings in their neighbourhood. Azman asserted,
“So, they have the right to be given a mandate to jointly prevent local crime by reporting to the police,”
He further explained that the selection criteria for adoption are based on the crime index in an area. Furthermore, Azman added that making Kemuyang Park an AMANITA-adopted area will not only benefit the local residents but the surrounding areas estimated to have around 5,000 residents.
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