Covid-19: Training at Pulapol nationwide halted temporarily, says Bukit Aman

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): All training activities at Police Training Centres (Pulapol) nationwide have been temporarily halted as Covid-19 cases have been detected among police trainees, says Bukit Aman Management Department director Datuk Ramli Din (pic).

He said currently 41 trainees were still positive for Covid-19 and were undergoing quarantine at Pulapol Kuala Lumpur.

Earlier, 78 police trainees had tested positive but the number has decreased since some have recovered.

"We are waiting for the situation to completely recover before resuming training, ” he told reporters after visiting the Mega Frontliner Sales stalls with the police in Keramat Wangsa here Saturday (Feb 13).

The states that have police training centres are Kuala Lumpur, Johor, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Kedah, Terengganu, Sabah and Sarawak.

He said police at the same time collaborated with the Health Ministry to carry out sanitisation works at Pulapol Kuala Lumpur and Pulapol Segamat, Johor.

"Sanitisation works at Pulapol in other states are also being conducted but the number of Covid-19 infections is small, ” he said.

Commenting on the new recruitment for the positions of officers and policemen during the Covid-19 period, Ramli said it continued as usual but it was limited.

"Today, we still held physical examinations for new recruits to fill vacancies but only 3,800 were selected of the 7,200 positions open," he said.

Ramli said the police had strict standard operating procedures (SOPs) in place during the recruitment exercise at every Pulapol nationwide. - Bernama