I called for a press conference in my office yesterday to highlight the existence of SJ Alert to the Subang Jaya community. The following passage is taken from SJ Alert’s website:
How we got started – Rampant car thefts, robberies and snatch thieves in Subang Jaya and USJ never fail to spark debate on the forum of www.usj.com.my. It was in late June 2006, in one of the Forum threads that a group of active members first suggested the idea of a mass SMS (Short Message System) to help stem the rising crime rate in Subang Jaya.
Christopher Ng (better known to his friends as Orchi) a resident from USJ2 started a personal SMS Alert for this group of concerned forumers from the e-community. Using his recently acquired Nokia 9300i, Orchi was able to send out regular Crime Alerts and as you can imagine within a few weeks the group grew to about 200 strong.
The effectiveness of Orchi’s Alert System was realised on 20th July 2006 when a badly damaged Camry, used by the “Camry Gang” was spotted and recovered by the Police acting on information received through this support group.
Then again on 3rd August 2006, reacting to information received through Orchi’s support network, there was a Police pursuit of the “Camry gang”, culminating in a gang member being wounded by a gunshot and the subsequent abandoning of their Camry. In their hasty retreat, important clues were left behind in their abandoned vehicle, which resulted in the arrest of one of them 8 days later on 10th August 2006 in Bukit Beruntung.
From this humble beginning, a group of concerned SJ/USJ residents came together to start the SJ Alert SMS System on 1st October 2006 and subsequently SJ Alert EMS on 15th August 2008 and the SJ Alert Web Forum on 1st September 2008. Do not wait, join us today. There are so many reasons why you should consider taking on an active part in the Community where you live. Be a registered member and become the eyes and ears of SJ today. We hope that in time this initiative, will empower the Residents of Subang Jaya not only to help reduce CRIME, but to learn to respect each other in true Malaysian Community Spirit.
With some of the committee members of SJ Alert
SJ Alert began a few years ago. They have more than 3000 subscribers for now. I called for a press conference to highlight this because I want more residents to be a part of SJ Alert. Solving crime is the responsibility of the police, however, residents can help in prevention of crime. You can read all about SJ Alert on their website and I do encourage residents of Subang Jaya to participate in this.