Surabaya Student Fights Are Evidence Of Bad Inter-community Socialization

Member of Commission D DPRD Surabaya Herlina Harsono Njoto/Photo: Antara

SURABAYA - The People's Welfare Commission of the Surabaya DPRD considers the brawl between students just before dawn in the City of Heroes is a reflection of the poor socialization between communities due to the impact of the pandemic that has lasted for 2 years. socializing between people," said member of Commission D of the Surabaya DPRD Herlina Harsono Njoto in Surabaya, Sunday, April 17. According to Herlina, when Ramadan activities return to normal, the culture of the typical Surabaya community of harmony must be returned, for example by means of poskamling or patrolling. Then, socialization needs to be carried out at the RT and RW levels. "This delinquency is a yellow to red light. The psychosocial aspect of them needs to be sharpened, and this can also be done at the school level," Herlina said as quoted by Antara. Satpol PP, Linmas, TNI and Polri are also strengthening it by conducting raids in areas where there is a potential for a brawl to occur. "For example, in a quiet or even crowded area. If it is quiet, there is an intention to fight, if it is crowded, sometimes it gets out of control," said Herlina. In recent days, brawls involving youths are students in Surabaya. One of the brawls involving dozens of youths occurred on Jalan Ngaglik, Simokerto, before dawn a few days ago. A number of perpetrators are suspected of carrying sharp weapons. This incident adds to the long list of brawl cases that previously occurred in the Jl. Tambak Asri last week caused a victim to be stabbed.

For this incident, Herlina hopes that Surabaya, which has been free from juvenile delinquency at night, is now rampant. "So, there is an opinion that Surabaya is currently a gangster emergency. Head of the Surabaya City Civil Service Police Unit, Eddy Christijanto said his party had mapped 35 points or locations that could potentially lead to brawls between teenagers, including the North Surabaya area including Kenjeran, Semampir, Bulak Banteng, Krembangan, and Pabean Cantikan. "We have distributed the results of the mapping to 31 sub-districts," said Eddy. For this reason, he said, Satpol PP personnel along with TNI-Polri and community leaders continued to hold surveillance patrols after Tarawih prayers until 04.00 WIB. This is done to anticipate disturbances to public order and public peace, such as illegal racing, brawls, playing firecrackers, or other criminal acts.