Build Food Security, the National Police Targets 28 Warehouses for Storage and Distribution to Operate by 2026

National Police Chief General Pol. Listyo Sigit Prabowo spoke at the inauguration and groundbreaking of 1,179 SPPG and 18 Food Security Warehouses of the National Police by the President of the Republic of Indonesia in the West Jakarta area, Friday (13/2/2026)

JAKARTA - National Police Chief General Pol. Listyo Sigit Prabowo said that the National Police would add 10 food security warehouses in 2026 to support the country's food security.

During the inauguration and groundbreaking of 1,179 SPPG and 18 Food Security Warehouses of the National Police by the President of the Republic of Indonesia in the West Jakarta area, Friday, February 13. The National Police Chief said that currently the National Police has 18 food security warehouses spread across 12 police.

In 2026, he said, the National Police will build 10 other buildings in eight police.

"So the National Police will have 28 food security warehouses with a capacity of 1,000 tons each," he added.

In addition, the National Police is also building a food security warehouse in the Metro Jaya Police area with a capacity of 10,000 tons.

He hopes that the existence of the warehouse can increase storage capacity, accelerate distribution, and maintain the stability of the supply of food in various regions.

"In the future, the National Police will build food security warehouses in all police units," he said.

In addition, he continued, the National Police also provided 30 filial warehouses consisting of 25 warehouses of Polri assets, three warehouses of regional government assets, one warehouse of KPU assets, and three public borrowable warehouses. These warehouses are spread across Papua areas that do not yet have Bulog warehouse facilities.

"The existence of these warehouses is expected not only to strengthen the storage and distribution capacity, but also to have a domino effect that encourages the growth of a sustainable economy," he said.

It is known that on Friday, President of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto inaugurated 1,179 SPPG and 18 Polri food security warehouses. This event was held at the SPPG Palmerah in the West Jakarta area.

A number of ministers and heads of institutions attended the event, including Coordinating Minister for Food and Agriculture Zulkifli Hasan, Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Djamari Chaniago, to the Head of the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) Taruna Ikrar.