Observer: Police Need Big Data To Face Public Trust

In recent weeks, the Police have been in the public spotlight regarding the handling of a number of cases, such as Vina in Cirebon, West Java and Afif Maulana in Medan, North Sumatra.

Police observer, Herman Widjojo, assesses that the Police need big data to resolve the current problem.

This was also conveyed during a public discussion entitled "Reformation of the Police and Criticism of the Bill on Amendments to Law Number 2 of 2002 concerning the Indonesian National Police" in the Kebayoran Baru area, South Jakarta, Thursday, August 1.

"I'm sure there are many problems that will arise a lot of controversy, but that (big data) is currently the only solution that can provide clarity to all parties clearly how problems can be solved objectively," said Herman.

Herman also assessed that with this big data, it would be easier for the police to uncover cases, one of which was Vina's case in Cirebon, West Java.

"Including maybe Vina's case, because Vina's case is also the problem now is more of a non-procedural issue. If we already have sufficient detailed data, I think the issue of issues like Vina will be resolved automatically," he said.

Not only that, Herman also said that big data could be an investment for the Police, especially in the disclosure of criminal cases.

"Long term (long term) for IT investment is usually at least in 2-3 years they can see the results and it can be considered that the results are successful or not," said Herman.

According to him, the National Police currently has many IT systems and controls the database. So it remains to be maximized to evolve into big data.

"I think they are half ready. This means that at this time they already have many IT systems that they already control the database. So to change or evolve to big data," he concluded.