At midnight on Friday, 19 October 2012 , the CID unit of
Brickfields Police raided a house at Jalan Desa Ria 2. Arising from this raid,
4 South American nationals believed to be Colombians were arrested. Stolen
goods valued in excess of RM500,000 comprising Laptops, Watches, Handbags,
Cameras, Jewelries was found together with 4 pieces of firearms. This news has
been carried in several newspapers and extensively carried by Harian Metro, 24 October 2012 .
This raid was a culmination of 3
months of cooperation extended to the Police by TDP 1RA,
Rukun Tetangga Taman Desa and in particular the Security Personnel manning the
various posts at Phase 1 Taman Desa who acted according to instructions and
protocols provided by the Police. For security and public safety reasons, only
a small handful of Committee members from both TDP1RA and RT Taman Desa was
aware of the surveillance activities that was taking place.
It is no coincidence that after
2 years of ZERO INCIDENTS in Phase 1 that house break-ins coincided with the
presence of these individuals. We have informed residents of break-ins since
April 2012 to contact the Police Investigating Officer of the case to make
arrangements for “stolen goods” identification and recovery thereof.
The contribution of the Security
Personnel with the Security SOP in place has contributed immensely to the successful raid and arrest
of the 4 individuals. Without them and the SOP, it would have been difficult to
identify the movements, the exact number of suspects and to link them to the
bigger syndicate operating out there.
During the raid and capture
itself we saw the community spirit of the residents of Jalan Desa Setia, Jalan
Desa Ria 2 and part of Jalan Desa Damai who
came out to support the Police in their work. To all of you who came out that
night – THANK YOU for your courage and support.
We have said it before and we
now say it again, Community Safety & Security is a Collective Responsibility.
We are as safe and secure as our weakest link. Our security personnel has been
subject to all sorts of abuses from verbal to physical – yes there are
residents who have even spat at the guards.
To those residents who do not
support the Security Schemes and Initiatives, you are already enjoying security
services of some kind without paying a single sen. Please at the very least DO
NOT act or do things that will cause the Scheme to fail. NOBODY benefits when
the Security Scheme fails which opens up the floodgates to crime.
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