Re: Oh dear.. SPF is unable to find people with passion to sign up & have to use mode
Actually of all law enforcement functions, SPF gets the cream of the crop. There are so many TV shows, movies on law enforcement genre and the notion of good over evil is natural advertisement. In fact the number of applications are vast each year.
The problem is holding on to them - the attrition rate is very high. The job is demanding. Imagine handling stupid people calling the police to handle a drunk, handling domestic issues between in-laws, grassroots arseholes calling about mangoes stolen.
The ones who barely make the entry requirements can't handle the paperwork as they progress thru the ranks. AG, Judiciary and even the press will complain about quality. The foreign forces will also complain. They start shivering when handling ang mos. They go to court and their pants fall off.
Interestingly mission school boys and girls are a natural as they have a better command of the English language and more worldly. But it is a political nightmare if they say they prefer mission school boys and would lower the grades.
The Malaysian are also likely to stay longer for obvious reasons.
By the way, after Police Training and Police work, you become an asset to many organisation. For example, a warehouse operator would get more bang for his buck if he hired an ex cop who was a Sgt as his warehouse supervisor or coordinator. The guy will know how handle the staff, plan and coordinate things etc. MHA has seen this. Once a private organisation dips into the Police pool, you can see more leaving.
Applies to young and middle aged ones.
Those with 5 O Levels, Diploma holders are just not streetwise enough to become policemen unlike in the olden days of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s..
I'm sure many of our streetwise youths who didn't have the required 5 Os will be interested to join the SPF but were rejected because of they didn't meet the required education criteria..
Then make them sign a bond and send them for classes to upgrade themselves.. SPF can also replicate the SAF- ITE army scholarships.. In no time, many young people would join the SPF and solve their manpower shortage..