KUALA LUMPUR: With the rise of criminal activity inside high-rise apartments, fighting and detecting these “vertical” crimes are a bigger challenge than combating crime on ground level, says the city’s top cop. According to Comm Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain, ganja farms on the 12th and 18th floors as well as call centres are among the more rampant “vertical” criminal activities taking place. Comm Mohd Shuhaily said that such robots could be used to help boost police presence in an area. It’s not such a sophisticated thing now as you see robots being used at nasi kandar restaurants too,” he said. “I think it’s high time that the police engaged technology, even basic technology, to facilitate policing and the community.

Source: The Star June 25, 2023 07:17 UTC