Good News For Indigenous Papuan Boys, 396 Police Join Officer School

JAKARTA - The National Police Chief, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, through Assistant HR Police, has given an additional quota for Papuan male NCO personnel to attend officer school.

Head of Public Relations Division of the National Police, Inspector General Argo Yuwono, explained that based on a letter from the National Police Headquarters HR Assistant, the Papua Police received an additional quota of 77 people. Meanwhile, the West Papua Regional Police received 150 people.

"So that the total number of non-commissioned officers from the Papua Police who attended the Police Inspector School (SIP) class 50 in 2021 is 246 people. Then, the West Papua Police are 150," said Argo in his statement, Jakarta, Saturday, March 13.

Prospective students who are Papuan Police Officers consist of Papuan Indigenous People (OAP) and these newcomers have followed the selection stage from administrative examination to the last Individual Work Script Examination (NKP) has been declared to have passed the election.

For the Native Papuan National Police who took part in the selection from the initial administrative examination to the end of the Individual Work Script (NKP) examination, all had been accommodated and were declared to have passed.

"The non-commissioned officers who are declared to have passed will attend the Police Inspector School (SIP) in Sukabumi for 7 months," said Argo.