A proposal to evaluate the mental state of prospective candidates seeking to join the police force will be taken into consideration, says Jonathan Yasin.

       “It is a good proposal which is relevant and important. We will bring it up for discussion,” the Deputy Home Affairs Minister II said when replying to a question by Ramli Mohd Nor (BN-Cameron Highlands) yesterday.

       Ramli had asked whether prior mental evaluation was conducted for those applying to join the police force.

       “As far as I know, in my 34 years in the police force, no prior mental evaluation is carried out on candidates. It is very pertinent and important now,” the former police officer said when raising the issue.

       Earlier, Jonathan told lawmakers that a study was carried out in 2019 related to mental health of police personnel.

       He said the study was used as a reference to draft preventive measures including improving existing standard operating procedure to deal with mental health issues affecting police personnel.