民青团赞新山警方设自动报案机系统,刘华才冀其他城市效法提供民众协助

Curious: Shoppers Azura Moidin, 27, and S. Kumar, 30, checking out the panic button post located along Jalan Station.

民青团总秘书刘华才博士欣慰新山警方在新山市中心设立自动报案机系统，为民众提供紧急救援的便民报案服务，以更有效地打击不断上升的街头犯罪率。

"这是一项很好的举措，因为该自动报案机可在紧急状况发生时，让警民双方可有所互动的途径，民众只需按下自动报案机的紧急按钮，便能与临近警区当值的警员联络，以便获得必要的紧急援助。"

刘华才博士表示，不断上升的街头犯罪率已经引起民愤，如今警方采用一些新措施，将能纾缓民众对自身安全的担忧，同时也可阻吓街头罪案的发生。

"我希望这类自动报案机系统也能在其他的城市，如巴生谷、吉隆坡、槟城及亚庇等地设立，特别是这些城市地区都是游客所喜好游玩的地方，另一方面也同时吸引不法之徒犯罪之处。"

同时也是思特雅国际大学副教授的刘华才博士针对在一个地区内所设立的自动报案机数量提出一个关键性问题，他说若诸如武吉免登地区只设有一个自动报案机，一名受了伤的受害者要步行至该自动报案机以联络警方是不实际的，因此警方应该考虑在步行距离之内设立更多的自动报案机，以方便受害者做出投报。

"另一项需要被正视的课题是，这些自动报案机也应该安装闭路电视或自动摄像机，以让警方能确认报案者的面貌，并可防止某些恶作剧人士报假案，同时也可监视周边地区，以在日后警方提出检控是作为证据。

最后，他希望所设立的自动报案机将会是完善的，并经常得到维修，以确保正常操作。

Gerakan Youth praises panic button kiosk introduction in Johor Baru

Dr Dominic Lau wants more to be installed in other cities as well

Press statement by

Gerakan Youth Secretary General

Dr Dominic Lau Hoe Chai

19 February 2013

Gerakan Youth Secretary General, Dr Dominc Lau Hoe Chai voiced out his pleasure upon hearing the police has set up a panic button kiosk in Johor Baru in an effort to combat the ever increasing crime rate more efficiently.

"This is a good move as the kiosk can act as an interactive avenue between the public and police in case an emergency situation arises. All the public need to do is push the button to communicate with the men in blue."

Dr Lau did not deny that the ever increasing crime rate pushed the police to come up with a new method to curtail the growing public anger and concern about their safety.

"Hopefully, more of these kiosks can be implemented in other cities as well such as the Klang Valley, Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Kota Kinabalu where locals and tourist tend to visit and this will lure criminals to conduct their heinous activities."

However, Dr Lau who is also UCSI associate professor raised a crucial question on the amount of kiosk being deployed in an area. He said that if only one kiosk is being deployed at an area like Bukit Bintang, it is not practical for a victim who has been presumably hurt to walk to the kiosk and contact the cops. Therefore more must be deployed within walking distance to provide convenience to the victim to make report.

"Another issue that needs to be address is whether these kiosk has a camera fitted together to enable the police to recognise the face of the reporter. This is to prevent certain mischievous individuals from making false reports. Furthermore these cameras installed will be able to monitor the surrounding areas to provide evidence in case of a prosecution."

Finally, he hoped that the kiosks deployed will be in perfect condition through constant maintenance to ensure it is fully operational.