WHAT TO DO IF STOPPED BY POLICE

WHAT TO DO IF STOPPED BY POLICE

Procedures to follow in the event you are stopped by uniformed police officers whilst driving:-

1. Stop the car and wind down your window.
2. If the police ask for your documents, you request to see their I.D.'s first.
3. If you are satisfied about their identity, ask them if you are being summoned, and for what offence.
4. Produce your Mykad and driver's license and wait to collect your summons ticket.

In the event that the police ask you to follow them to the police station:-

1. Ask if you are under arrest and for what offence.
2. If you are not under arrest, you have the right to leave.

In the event you are flagged down by persons you believe could be plain clothes police:-


1. Do not stop because plain clothes police do not have the authority to stop you.
2. Drive to the nearest police station and lodge a report (the same procedure applies to pedestrians).

In the event the police come to your house:-

1. Do not let them in, BEFORE checking their I.D.s.
2. If you are not satisfied, phone the nearest police station and confirm if they have been sent to your house.
3. You are under no obligation to allow them into the house, if they don't have a search warrant.
4. Do not go with them if you are not under arrest.

In the event persons who claim to be plain clothes police come to your house: 

1. Do not let him in because they do not have the authority to do so.
2. Lodge a report at the nearest police station.

Know your rights as Anak Bangsa Malaysia and be safe, Inshallah.