12 Thousand Joint Personnel Alerted To Secure New Year's Eve In Bali

Deputy Chief of the Bali Police Brigadier General I Ketut Suardana/PHOTO: Dafi-VOI

DENPASAR - As many as 12 thousand joint personnel will be deployed for security during the new year on the Island of the Gods. The joint team consisted of the National Police, the National Armed Forces (TNI), and the Civil Service Police (Satpol PP).

"For the new year's activities, we have prepared 12.000 personnel who will be spread over several security posts and also collaborate, not only the police, but also the TNI when it comes to the new year," said Deputy Chief of the Bali Police Brigadier General I Ketut Suardana at the Bali Police Headquarters, Wednesday, December 29.

Currently, the Bali Police are carrying out the Lilin operation and the Aman Nusa operation to provide security at the entrances in Bali. Security is carried out at Padangbai Harbor, Karangasem Regency and Gilimanu Harbor, Jembrana Regency, as well as tourist attractions in Bali.

"We carried out several thickenings in several places and also at several tourist attractions in Sanur, Kuta and Ubud, we also carried out security," said Suardana.

In addition, traffic engineering will also be carried out such as in the Kuta area which is always crowded with tourists during the new year. Traffic engineering will cooperate with the Bali Transportation Service (Dishub).

"Especially in Kuta, the new year is very crowded, we carry out traffic engineering properly for the benefit of the community," he said.

All tourist attractions in Bali will be closed at 23.00 p.m. Indonesian Central Time (WITA) according to the circular letter of the Governor of Bali Wayan Koster. This is done to prevent crowds.

"As stated earlier, staying in the first three positions related to health protocols, of course the use of masks is very important. Don't let it happen, no one uses this mask, it's very dangerous, so the use of masks is important," continued Suardana.

To anticipate the spread of the new variant of Omicron COVID-19 entering Bali, the Bali Police took part by strengthening testing, tracing and treatment or 3T and forming a COVID-19 Task Force.

In addition, vaccination is also being accelerated so that people are safe from the new variant. Vaccination is called the Deputy Chief of the Bali Police as one of the efforts to prevent Omicron.

"We continue to accelerate our vaccinations. Because the main answer is our vaccinations and we are grateful for the Province of Bali, we reached 102 percent more for the first vaccination and 90 percent for the second vaccination," he said.