Shootout in Meikarta 1 District, 509 Mobile Brigade Personnel Complete with Firearms Deployed, What's Up?

The Police Mobile Brigade Corps held an urban area war drill in District 1 Meikarta, Cibatu Village (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The sound of bullets echoed in District 1 Meikarta, Cibatu Village, South Cikarang District, Bekasi Regency, West Java today. Brimob personnel from various parts of Indonesia were also deployed.

With the support of various sophisticated equipment, personnel wearing vests and helmets moved slowly into an area that was heavily guarded by the enemy. Their hands were on the gun, looking left and right, signaling to their comrades and...forward, attack.

Of course, this is not a real situation. The 509 Brimob personnel are currently undergoing urban warfare training at Urban Warfare Meikarta to maintain and maintain operational readiness.

"This exercise is very important to deal with high-level and high-intensity crimes, especially those that use firearms and explosives in urban areas", said the Commander of the Gegana Troops of the Brimob Police Corps, Kombes Zuhdi Batubara in Cikarang, Antara, Monday, January 10.

Meikarta was chosen as the training location considering that the area is suitable for applying warfare in urban areas. Zuhdi admitted that the purpose of this urban warfare exercise was to show the readiness of the police, especially the Brimob Police Corps in Harkamtibmas.

Urban Warfare itself is the latest training development from the Brimob Police Corps.

By holding this exercise, he said, showed the readiness of the Brimob Police Corps to secure the state and society.

"Especially with the progress of the times and the development of crime in urban areas, as reflected in the most recent bomb incident, namely the 'Thamrin Bomb' where shootings also occurred randomly at Polri officers and the public", he said.

Zuhdi also mentioned that this war exercise was a large-scale exercise because it was integrated with different scenarios and involved teams from all the Police Mobile Brigade Units from Sabang to Merauke.

A similar activity was held in February 2021 with the same material and location.

"The difference is this year with the support of more sophisticated equipment and personnel who already have experience in Urban Warfare capabilities", he said.

Bekasi Metro Police Chief, Kombes Gidion Arif Setyawan, hopes that this exercise can increase public trust in the police institution in providing a sense of security to the people of Indonesia and the Bekasi Regency in particular.

"We thank Meikarta who has given permission and facilitated the entire series of Urban Warfare training activities. Hopefully, in the future we can work together again in security enhancement exercises to maintain Harkamtibmas on an ongoing basis", he said.

Meanwhile the President Director of Meikarta, Reza Chatab also thanked the Brimob Police Corps for the great attention of the Police Mobile Brigade which again chose Meikarta, especially in District 1 as the training location.

"We have experience in collaborating with the National Police to hold joint exercises in Meikarta. We hope that good synergy will continue and make Meikarta City a safe, comfortable city, protected by the Police", he said.

"With this collaboration, residents and visitors in Meikarta will certainly feel more secure because they receive extraordinary attention from the police, especially Gegana as an elite Indonesian force. This will certainly also be felt by residents, both in District 1 Meikarta, Cikarang, and the Bekasi area in general", he added.