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Two Kelantan police station chiefs in KPI hot water after a week without drug arrests
Two Kelantan police station chiefs (OCS) have been reprimanded after their stations went a week without recording a single drug-related arrest, according to state police chief Yusoff Mamat.
Yusoff said the two OCS could face further action if they failed to improve their enforcement performance.
He said the Kelantan police headquarters was currently...
Two Kelantan police station chiefs (OCS) have been reprimanded after their stations went a week without recording a single drug-related arrest, according to state police chief Yusoff Mamat.
Yusoff said the two OCS could face further action if they failed to improve their enforcement performance.
He said the Kelantan police headquarters was monitoring seven stations as part of efforts to curb drug abuse and trafficking.
“If a particular station has no arrests at all for a week, I will ensure that a team from the Contingent Police Headquarters (IPK) goes to the area.
“If the special task force from the IPK manages to make an arrest, the OCS concerned will be reprimanded,” Yusoff (below) was quoted as saying by Bernama.
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He said the stations’ enforcement performance was assessed weekly, with the results tabled at meetings involving the state Narcotics Department chief.
OCSs who receive reprimand letters are expected to bring their stations’ performance back in line with the stipulated key performance indicators (KPIs) the following week.
He said police would also conduct a post-mortem on Oct 15, after completing a three-month pilot programme, to determine why some stations fell short of the required KPIs.
Highest drug abuse rate
The emphasis on drug enforcement comes as Kelantan continues to record the country’s highest rate of drug abuse.
In June, National Anti-Drugs Agency Prevention Division director Siti Mariam Mursidan said Kelantan recorded 1,105 drug addicts and abusers per 100,000 population.
Terengganu followed with 997 cases, Perlis with 970, and Kedah with 965.
Siti Mariam attributed the high rates in the four states partly to their geographical location, which she said facilitated the entry of illicit drugs into the local market and made the substances more accessible to addicts.
"Overall, a total of 191,832 arrests involving drug addicts and individuals involved in prohibited substances were recorded throughout last year,” she added.
Elsewhere, Pahang recorded 795 cases per 100,000 population, followed by Penang with 757, Malacca with 659, and Perak with 579.
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Measuring police performance by the number of drug arrests risks turning enforcement into a numbers game. A week without arrests does not necessarily indicate poor policing; it may reflect changing local conditions or successful prevention. Arrest targets can also encourage officers to pursue minor users simply to satisfy KPIs, while traffickers and organised networks remain untouched. Drug abuse is fundamentally a public-health and social problem. Prevention, early intervention, treatment and rehabilitation are ultimately more effective than repeatedly arresting people struggling with addiction. The Ministries of Health, Education and Human Resources should jointly commission a detailed study into the causes of drug dependency, including poverty, unemployment, school dropout, family instability and mental health. Police should be judged by the quality of intelligence, the disruption of trafficking networks and improvements in community safety—not merely by how many arrests they make each week.
Don’t you need some kind of suppressant or stimulant to pass the day in Pas land?
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