IGP: Bukit Aman to discuss additional safety measures for personnel in motorcades
KUALA LUMPUR: Additional safety measures are being discussed by Bukit Aman to ensure the wellbeing of personnel during motorcade transport.
The move follows a head-on collision between a Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) truck and a tipper truck, which claimed the lives of nine FRU policemen yesterday.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said discussions would be held between the Bukit Aman senior leadership and the Internal Security and Public Order Department leadership to address the matter.
"This issue is not isolated to the FRU, as other police elements under the Internal Security and Public Order Department also use similar trucks to transport personnel, including the General Operations Forces (GOF).
"Among the issues we are looking at include adding enhanced passenger restraint systems in the trucks, but these trucks have long benches installed, which may lead to compatibility issues," he said when contacted.
He said another measure being considered was the use of buses to transport personnel between camps and operation locations.
"There are budget concerns that we have also identified with this approach, as we will need more than one bus to ferry personnel between operations.
"The other measure we are looking at that shows promise is ensuring that motorcades are escorted by police highway patrol cars between locations.
"What this means is that highway patrol cars would escort these motorcades and they would hand over escort duties to other patrol cars when they cross state lines," he said.
Razarudin said any decision would be made after discussions with the department's leadership.
"The safety of our personnel is paramount, and we will implement suitable measures to ensure this.
"We will carefully analyse the movements of our personnel and determine the best outcome," he said.
He also said that Perak police would conduct a thorough investigation into yesterday's accident to determine its exact cause.
It was reported that the driver of a lorry involved in an accident that claimed the lives of nine Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) policemen at Km15 of Jalan Sungai Manik – Sungai Lampam here yesterday has been remanded for four days.
The remand application, under Section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), was submitted by Hilir Perak district police chief Assistant Commissioner Dr Bakri Zainal Abidin, who personally attended the proceedings today.
It was reported that nine FRU members died in a collision with a lorry carrying stones on Jalan Chikus – Sungai Lampam here yesterday.
Eight other FRU members are currently receiving treatment at the Teluk Intan Hospital, while another has been transferred to Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital in Ipoh.
Police confirmed yesterday that the lorry driver had six criminal records, one related to drugs, four for theft and one for rape.
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