National Police Cadet (Malaysia)
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| National Police Cadet Pasukan Kadet Polis | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Tegas, Adil dan Berhemah (Strict, Fair and Prudent) |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 2 March 1970 |
| Volunteers | 115,075 (2015) [1] |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Governing body | Malaysia |
| Operational structure | |
| Parent agency | Ministry of Home Affairs Ministry of Education |
The National Police Cadet of Royal Malaysian Police (often abbreviated in Malay as PKP) is a uniformed body at selected high schools and colleges in Malaysia with the aim of inculcating discipline among students and helping to curb negative activities. They are available for those who are 14 years old and up to 21 years old.
The purpose of establishing the Police Cadet is to give exposure to a number of students in aspects of the role and function of policing in dealing with the problem of moral crime, drugs, and gangsterism among students who will become leaders in the future. [2]
The National Police Cadet are often associated with the Crime Prevention And Community Safety Department, and are under the Support Resource Coordination Division of the Royal Malaysian Police.
The idea to form a Police Cadet corps was triggered by the former Inspector-General of Police, late Tun Mohamed Salleh Ismail when launching the Police Cadet Team on 2 March 1970. He said,
The overall objective is to make the cadet a responsible citizen of the future. He must yield a strong and healthy influence among his colleagues, friends and family so that in the years ahead, there will be a new breed, of enlightened good citizens contributing to nation-building.
