Armed council officers only for high-risk ops

Suliman (left) launching MPS’ festive crime prevention campaign, together with council whip Rahim Kasdi (in brown jacket) and MPS Urban Planning director Noriza Bahari. The poster promoting the campaign contains tips and emergency contact numbers for police stations in the Gombak area.

THE topic of issuing firearms to picked and vetted council enforcement personnel became the focus of discussion at Selayang Municipal Council’s (MPS) June full board meeting

MPS Enforcement Department director Azmi Ismail informed the council that six personnel, consisting of an officer and five rank-and-file, had been approved by the Selangor police headquarters.