suksis practical training in teluk intan

just back from teluk intan. had practical over there for 4 days but to be exact its only a 2 day working experiences.

first day which was on 24th, the first place we landed was jabatan imegresin malaysia smtg seems not right with the spelling of imegresin. did i spell it wrongly? anyway, its in langkap, perak. erm, talking about langkap, i seriously had no idea there's such a place. well, there's where those illegal foreigners were sent and kept. i mean the jabatan imegresin not langkap the town. its not only in perak but in every state here. i even learnt a few new places from where they were built. for example, in terengganu - ajil and pahang - kemayan. weird unknown name. those captured stay there while waiting to be sent back to their countries or to be brought to the court for certain crimes they committed. most importantly was to send them back to where they belong. government actually wasted so much money on them, not only on the logistic, accomodation but, lucky people, they are provided with food. the money spent on them would bring more comfort for those poor and needed malaysians.
oh oh, the place!!!! the moment i looked around the area, first thing came to my mind was prison break. i couldnt stop myself from comparing the scenes in prison break and what i saw there. the atmosphere was quite similar to prison but yet its not a prison over there. for guys, there were 4 blocks and 1 for the women + kids. the block was a long building with nothing in there. toilets were outside. no blankets, no bed, no nothing but a pair of tahanan clothes for them. security there were not bad. there are lock at the door and outside the building was surrounded by usual metal sort of gate seen with blades on the top curling around from one end to another. moreover RELA workers were just outside the building guarding them. when i got the chance to visit the block in nearer distance, the place where they spend most of their time and also where they sleep, eat and hang around, i was thinking if michael in prison break has to break out from there, what will be the ways? i was even thinking if i so happen to be locked there, how am i suppose to get myself out. haha, guess i watched too much of that show.

second day was the first day of me working as and with the police in ipd hilir perak. i got a cool shift, 3pm-7pm and 3am - 7am for 2 continuous days. others were given 7am-11am & 7pm-11pm and 11am-3am & 11pm-3am.

first shift (3pm-7pm) - i was situated in bilik gerakan. thats the control room when you get to check details of every malaysians, the room where you get to listen to those messages/information through walkie talkie, receive calls from the public, to know the location of the patrol car/police and only the room where you av ethe power instruct the police in mpv (mobile patrol vehicle) to go from a place to another. i also got to know the system used in the force. i knew how to detect a person whether he's clean or wanted or used to commit crimes. also ways to detect the status of the vehicles whether they were owned, stolen or plate number changed as well as the owner of the vehicle and the activation date for raod tax. i got to read those messages sent trough rakan cop and reports done in hilir perak. its fun and i checked, i aint listed in wanted list, never commit any crime. in other words, i'm clean and clear - good citizen for sure! peace!

second shift (3am-7pm) - very excited to be working at this hour. this time i was located in teluk intan police station. because its late at night and the person in charge was so kind that he only let the guys to patrol and the girls stayed indoor. so 'kind' of him! so, basically i learnt to receive reports. i should say i learnt on my own. the police on duty not really explaining so to learn was to observe. from my observation, i guess i manage to conclude how the procedure was carried. then a man, policeman as well working in the lokap or you call that jail(?) kindly offered us a visit there. thats my first to see cells, criminals or suspects, visitors' room with phone and other stuff closely. its quite smelly cause they pee-d in their own cells. guess they were not that civilised to make a flush after their business. but again, its fun to see smtg that mostly and only can be seen on tv. bad thing was i had to bear with the smoke and the smell of their cigarettes. the police there were such heavy smokers. eew! i felt polluted (my lungs).

third shift (3pm-7pm) - this time i got to be out to town as i was located in mpv department. yup, another fun thing, got to sit in the patrol car and 'yau che hor'. this 'yau che hor' definitely different from usual one as i was sitting in a car printed 'polis', wearing my uniform and had the chance to put on bullet proof jacket. i definitely looked smart and needless to say, i was a police. during the patrol, got to learn how the police handled the public and certain situations and also applying the laws. at that time, managed to witness the police in charge saman a car. bisides that, got the chance to report to control room/ bilik gerakan informing the location of the car. its always fun to play with walkie talkie. hehe... later because there were 2 teenagers caught at the road block so the police in charge of me had to send them back to police station. so while waiting for them to pick me and my teammate, we checked and helped around at the road block. we checked on motorcyclists' id, license and road tax.

fourth shift (3m-7am) - was sent to hutan melintang police station, a 30 minutes drive place for ipd hilir perak. over there, got to join the police in during their bit, smtg similar to patrolling too. went around each and every corners of hutan melintang to ensure the safety. surprisingly, the people there were rich despite the name of the town. just found out that they earned a lot through the water resourses as they contributed almost 30% to the food supply (water resourses) in malaysia. therefore, i could see mostly big beautiful houses during the patrol. darn! unknown rich people. the drive around the housing areas took around an hour half. it was a great experience to see the places of others.

i'm really glad that i join suksis. i wouldnt get to experience all these if i'm not a police for now. its stil unsure whether police might be my choice in future but honestly it did increased my interest to become one.

tmrw will be the beginning of another challenging activity. its pga - training in the jungle. i'm quite excited but at the same time i'm pretty anxious and scared of the tiny invisible unwanted intruders only a lil. anyways, nothing to be afraid of. erm, ya. think nothing and will be nothing.