Police Establish Guard Posts And Form Anti-Fight Teams In Manggarai

JAKARTA - The South Jakarta Metro Police have built two monitoring posts in the tunnel (underpass) in Manggarai Village, Tebet District to prevent repeated clashes among residents in the area.

"We have prepared around 10 uniformed personnel and some are from the Criminal Investigation Unit and assisted from the Pokdar Kamtibmas, the Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP), as well as RT and RW devices," said Acting (Plt.) South Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Kombes Yandri Irsan, Tuesday, September 20.

Yandri Irsan emphasized that since the brawl at the Manggarai underpass on Sunday, September 18, the police had mobilized a number of personnel and elements of the community so that the brawl would not happen again.

Similar to Yandri Irsan, South Jakarta Metro Police Deputy Chief AKBP Harun wants the stigma to be removed so that his party makes a number of anticipations to prevent brawls.

It was stated that the anticipation started from making daily monitoring post pickets from police officers, TNI, and various elements of society such as RT and RW apparatus.

"One, there has been an agreement that there will be a monitoring post picket. Then the anti-brawl forming community from the community will make anti-brawl vests," said Harun.

In addition, the kelurahan and local residents will monitor through hidden surveillance cameras (CCTV) on the side of the location which is often a place for brawls.

Harun conveyed a message to the surrounding community to get to know their citizens better and not to easily believe in fake news.

He is grateful that the residents of Manggarai Village are willing to be invited to work together, starting from forming an anti-brawl community to putting up anti-brawl banners at the location.

"Yesterday, we emphasized that we recognize the right and left of the community, don't be easily provoked. The people here are very proactive in forming an anti-brawl community," he concluded.

Previously, the South Jakarta Metro Police held a meeting with residents at the Manggarai Urban Village office to find a solution to the clashes between residents that had occurred three times in the past month.

Harun invites residents to continue to maintain security, among others, by carrying out intensive guarding which is carried out from 22.00 to 07.00 WIB in order to avoid a reoccurrence of brawls.