AKBP Josephien Vivick Becomes The First Polwan To Serve As Head Of The NTT Lembata Police

East Nusa Tenggara Deputy Chief of Police Brigadier General Heri Sulistianto. (ANTARA/Benny Wawang)

National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo appointed AKBP Josephien Vivick Tjankung as the Head of the Lembata Police. Josephien Vivick was the first female police chief in the ranks of the NTT Police. NTT Deputy Chief of Police Brigadier General Heri Sulistianto confirmed the mutation of a number of police chiefs in NTT. "It is true that there was a mutation from the National Police Headquarters and in the ranks of the East Nusa Tenggara Police. There were seven police chiefs who were transferred," said Heri when contacted in Kupang, Antara, Wednesday, March 29. Of the seven police chiefs, one of them is AKBP Josephien Vivick Tjankung, who previously served at the Directorate of Highways of the Polda Metro Jaya. The middle-ranking female officer was appointed as the Head of the Lembata Police to replace AKBP Dwi Handono Prasanto, who shifted to Deputy Chief of Police of Bandung, West Java. Apart from Lembata, six other police stations in the East Nusa Tenggara Regional Police who changed leaders were the West Manggarai Police, Alor, Kupang, West Sumba, Belu, and Manggarai. The information obtained stated that the West Manggarai Police Chief, AKBP Felli Hermanto, was transferred as the Head of Subbaganevdalpro of the Jianstra SSDM Bureau at the National Police Headquarters and his successor was AKBP Ari Satmoko, who was previously the Alor Police Chief. Meanwhile, the position of the Alor Police Chief was held by AKBP Supriadi Rahman, who was previously the Danyon A Regiment II Pas Pioneer Korbrimob Polri. Kupang Police Chief AKBP FX Irwan Arianto was transferred as Head of the Dalops Division of the NTT Police Ops Bureau and his position was replaced by AKBP Anak Agung Gde Anom Wirata, who previously served as West Sumba Police Chief. The position left by Gde Anom Wirata was occupied by AKBP Benny Miniani Arief, who previously served as Head of Sub-Directorate for VIP Directorate of Pamobvit Polda NTT. Furthermore, Belu Police Chief AKBP Yosep Krisbianto received a new assignment as Deputy Director of Traffic for the NTT Police and his position will be occupied by AKBP Richo Nataldo Devallas Simanjuntak, who was previously the Head of Sub-Directorate 2 of the Criminal Investigation Directorate of the Bangka Belitung Islands Police. The Manggarai Police Chief AKBP Yoce Marten also shifted to occupying a new position as Deputy Director of Criminal Investigation at the NTT Police and will be replaced by AKBP Edwin Saleh from Baintelkam Polri.