Indonesian policing system
The Indonesian National Police (Indonesian: Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia, literally
"Republic of Indonesia State Police", abbreviated as POLRI) is the national policeforce
of Indonesia. It was formerly a part of the country's military. The police were formally separated
from the military on 1 April 1999 in a process which was formally completed on 1 July
2000.[1] The organisation is now independent and is under the direct auspices of the President
of Indonesia, while the Armed Forces is under the Ministry of Defence. The Indonesian National
Police is responsible for law enforcement and policing duties all over Indonesia. The
organisation is widely known for its corruption, violence and incompetence.[2
The strength of the Indonesian National Police ("POLRI") stood at approximately 387,470 in
2011 and the number is increasing every year. It also includes up-to 12,000 water
police ("Polair") personnel and an estimated 40,000 People's Security ("KAMRA") trainees who
serve as a police auxiliary and report for three weeks of basic training each year.
The organisation of the National Police of Indonesia (POLRI) is arranged in stages from
the central level to the regional level. The Headquarters of the Indonesian National
moPolice is called "Markas besar/Mabes Polri".
The territorial Police organisation consists of:
POLDA: regional Police of the Republic of Indonesia, covering a provincial level (formerly Police
Commissariats (Kepolisan Komisariat), Police Regional Directorates (Komando Daerah Kepolisan)
and Police Territorial Directorates (Polisi Wilayah))
POLRES: Departmental (Resort) Police of the Republic of Indonesia (Polres) covering a regency /
city level (formerly Police Area Directorates (Korem Polisi))
o POLRESTABES: capital/metropolitan city police
o POLRESTA: city police
o POLRES KABUPATEN: regency police
POLSEK: sectoral Police of the Republic of Indonesia for the sub-district (Kecamatan) level
o POLSUBSEK: police for a smaller region in the sub-district (below POLSEK)
Special unitsEdit
Units Abbreviation Explanation
Brimob is the elite/special forces of the Indonesian
National Police. Brimob is the paramilitary
forceof Indonesia and takes the duties for handling
high-level threat of public secure also special police
operations. This unit also becomes the back-up
Mobile
Brimob force for the riot control purposes. The personnel of
Brigade
this unit are identifiable with their dark blue berets.
Corps
The Mobile Brigade is also known as the special
‘anti-riot’ branch of the Indonesian National Police
which deals with special operations.
A paramilitaryorganization, its training and
equipment is almost identical to the Indonesian
Army’s ("TNI"), and it conventionally operates under
joint military command in areas such as Papua and,
until 2005, Aceh.[5]
Gegana is an internal unit of the Brimobspecial
Police corps who have special abilities in the field of
anti-terrorism, bomb disposal, intelligence, anti-
Gegana -
anarchist, and handling of Chemical, Biological, and
Radio Active threats. It also conducts hostage
rescue operations
(Detasemen Khusus 88), Delta 88, or Densus 88, is
an Indonesian Special Forces counter-
Detachment terrorismsquad, and part of the Indonesian Police
Densus 88
88 Force. Formed on 30 June 2003, after the 2002 Bali
bombings, it is funded, equipped, and trained by
the United States[6] and Australia.[7]
Public unitsEdit
The following fall under the Departamental police headquarters (Polres) of cities and
regencies:
Units Abbreviation Indonesian Explanation
The SPKT is responsible for providing police
services to the public, in the form of first
Sentra receipt and handling of reports / complaints,
Centre of police assistance / assistance services, and
Pelayanan
integrated SPKT related functions to carry out security and
Kepolisian
police services crime identification/prevention activities in
Terpadu
accordance with applicable laws and
regulations.
This unit is in charge of organizing / fostering
the functions of Intelligence Security,
including encryption, and service providers in
Satuan the form of License / Explanation concerning
Intelligence and
Sat-Intelkam Intelijensi dan Foreigners, Firearms & Explosives, social
Security Unit
Keamanan activities / Political Communities and Police
Note Certificates (SKCK) to citizens in need
And conduct supervision / security and its
implementation.
This unit is in charge of fostering Functions
and conducting criminal investigation and
investigation activities, including the function
Criminal Satuan Reserse of identification in the framework of law
Sat-Reskrim
Detective Unit Kriminal enforcement, coordination and supervision of
operations and administration of investigation
in accordance with applicable laws and
regulations.
This unit is responsible for conducting
investigations and investigations of criminal
Drug Detective Sat- Satuan Reserse
acts of drug abuse, including counseling and
Unit Resnarkoba Narkoba
guidance in the prevention and rehabilitation
of drug abuse victims.
This unit is in charge to carry out community
Community and guidance, including community
Society Satuan Bina empowerment activities, public order and
Sat-Binmas
Development Masyarakat coordination activities with other forms of
Unit security, as well as cooperative activities in
maintaining security and public order.
The Sabhara unit has the tasks for
supervision of the public order and public
Satuan security. It conducts patroling and basic law
Patrol Unit Sat-Sabhara Samapta enforcement. This unit usually becomes the
Bhayangkara first dispatch for first crime scenes, policing
activities and public matters affairs. They also
perform Riot Policeduties.
This unit is in charge for Traffic law
Satuan Lalu
Traffic Unit Sat-Lantas enforcement, control, management, and
Lintas
patrolling affairs
This unit serves the security activities of VIP
Satuan and important facilities, such as government
Vital Object
Sat-Pamobvit Pengamanan official, [[List of diplomatic missions in
Protection Unit
Obyek Vital Indonesia}|diplomatic missions]], industrial
complex and tourism Area.[8]
This unit is responsible for carrying out the
functions of aquatic police, which include
Satuan Polisi water patrols, waters law enforcement,
Water unit Sat-Polair
Perairan coastal community development and other
waters, as well as search and rescue
accidents in marine areas (SAR)
This internal unit is in charge to organize
prisoners' care includes the health care of the
detainee, the guardianship of the prisoners
Satuan
Detainees and and the receiving, storing and securing of
Sat-Tahti Tahanan dan
evidence unit evidence and their administration within the
Barang Bukti
regional police headquarters, reporting the
number and condition of the detainees in
accordance with the provisions of the law.
This unit is responsible for Computer and IT
Seksi system management and development for
Information
Si-Tipol Teknologi policing duties
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Informasi Polri
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The standard issue sidearm to all Indonesian National Police officers is the Taurus
Model 82 revolver in. 38 Special. While police personnel attached to special units such
as Detachment 88, Gegana and BRIMOB are issued with the Glock 17 semi-automatic
pistol.
Heavy arms are always available to Indonesian police personnel, such as the Heckler &
Koch MP5 sub-machine gun, Remington 870 shotgun, Steyr AUG assault rifle, M4
carbine, M1 Carbine. and other weapons. The standard rifle for the Indonesian National
Police are the Pindad SS1 and the M16 rifle. Units are also issued the "Sabhara"/Police
V1-V2 Pindad SS1special law enforcement assault rifle.
