65 7-Eleven premises in Ipoh join police Safecam Partnership programme
IPOH: Sixty- five 7- Eleven premises here have joined the Royal Malaysian Police ( PDRM) Safecam Partnership programme to help prevent and tackle crime in the district.
Ipoh District Police chief ACP Sum Chang Keong said through the programme, each of the premises would be installed with closedcircuit television (CCTV) cameras known as ‘Safecam’ which would operate around the clock daily.
Sum said the programme could help the authorities in regulating crime prevention efforts, thus ensuring a more effective and efficient process of investigation into criminal cases.
“Although there is an insignificant number of robbery cases recorded at 7- Eleven outlets in Ipoh, such cases are becoming more rampant (at other places).
“7- Eleven operators are reminded to always be careful and give their cooperation by providing information to the police to combat crime,” he said in his speech at the handing- over of the Safecam PDRM-7-Eleven stickers for Ipoh District here yesterday.
Sum said yesterday’s event was a continuation of the state-level programme launched in Taiping on Dec 16 and would be expanded to other districts.
He said six 7- Evelen premises around Ipoh had been robbed this month, mostly involving losses of less than RM100, but no casualties were reported.
Meanwhile, Ipoh 7- Eleven manager Abdul Khairi Abdullah believed that being part of the Safecam programme could help prevent robbery at the 24-hour convenience store.
“We want our customers and employees to feel safe because 7Eleven often become the target of robbery,” he said. — Bernama