Arms training for more RTD men

Melaka: More Road Transport Department (RTD) enforcement officers will be trained to handle firearms, said Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas.

"More officers will be sent for training. It will also be compulsory for all new recruits to undergo shooting training," he told reporters after launching the RTD shooting range here.

"Those who have been trained will also be sent for regular re-training because we want them to improve their (shooting) skills."

He said such training was necessary to give the enforcement officers the confidence and self-esteem to enforce the law effectively when they were on duty.

He said the training would be conducted at the Melaka RTD shooting range. The facility is said to be the best and most sophisticated in the country today.

He said some 365 RTD enforcement officers already had the licence to carry a pistol when on duty.