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Certis Cisco: Errant officer has been disciplined

November 12th, 2012 | Author: Editorial

On 1st November, TR Emeritus (TRE) published an article relating how a reader, Mr Visakan Veerasamy, spotted Certis Cisco performing a ‘wayang show’

(‘Ever seen a wayang show performed by our CISCO?‘).

A Certis Cisco vehicle had parked precariously along Upper East Coast Road. Mr Veerasamy’s brother then called the police which asked him to call LTA instead.

Later that night, his brother returned and noticed that the Certis Cisco vehicle had reversed a little. He was surprised to see a traffic summons on the windscreen of the vehicle.

However, on closer look, it was actually a blank piece of summons ticket stuck on the windscreen of the vehicle (see photo)!

Mr Veerasamy wrote, “Aiyoyo! Nothing on the slip! Wayang only! Now I’m curious C are all Cisco officers allowed to have this kind of wayang summons?

Is this a one-off case, or is there a system of I-scratch-your-back-you-scratch-mine?” TRE then wrote to Certis Cisco for comments. They didn’t reply to

TRE but told the Straits Times that the officer involved has been disciplined for leaving a blank parking ticket on one of his company’s own vehicles.

However Certis Cisco did not elaborate on the disciplinary action taken against the errant officer.

A spokesman for Certis Cisco said, “We would like to clarify that Certis Cisco officers are not above the law.”

A job posting in Malaysia street for auxiliary police officer

Certis Cisco is subcontracted by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to issue parking tickets islandwide.

It is believed that a number of their staff are recruited off the streets of Malaysia (‘Auxiliary police officer recruited off Malaysia’s streets‘).

The spokesman said that the officer had assumed that the vehicle was on official duty. Mr Veerasamy asked, “I would like to know what exactly

the protocol is here. If they have to pay a fine, where does the money come from, and where does it go? I’m curious, mostly, and a little amused.”

Certis Cisco’s assistant vice-president of corporate communications Karyn Low said, “Anyone found guilty of flouting traffic rules will be subject to

the same enforcement actions.” “We thank the blogger for bringing this matter to our attention, and we will take this opportunity to share this

incident with our staff to prevent a recurrence.”