Members of the public urged to use VSP crime-fighting app

KUALA LUMPUR: Members of the public are now encouraged to disseminate information about crimes or complaints to the police by using a special application called the Volunteer Smartphone Patrol (VSP).
Deputy Director of the Department of crime prevention and community safety (JPJKK) Bukit Aman, ACP Norhalid Kimi said at Bukit Aman here today that the VSP app will enable the public to work with the PDRM to crack down on crime.
"This is a rebranding of Rakan Cop where there is its current members will automatically be using VSP and to this stage we have around 698,487 new and old members who are giving information to the police," he said.
Since the app has been launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak on March 25, Norhalid said that they have received 8,504 reports and complaints about criminal activities and misdemeanours in the country.
With this app, reports can be made by uploading photos, videos and even audio clips and coordinates of the incidents in real time.
"Every report received will be sent to the control centres in 14 contingents across the country that are in operation for 24 hours a day and it will be assesed by them," he said.
According to Norhalid, the information that can be channeled to PDRM covers various types of misconduct such as crime, drugs, traffic, natural disasters and many more are welcomed.
The VSP app can be downloaded by Android via the Playstore and Appstore for the Iphone.