Police Remind Service Users To Use Official Security Guards Fostered By Polda Or Polres

The new uniform of the security guard is on display during the 41st anniversary of the security guard at the National Police Headquarters, Jakarta, Wednesday, February 22. (Inter-Galih P)

KALSEL - Officially certified security guards are under the guidance of the Directorate of Community Development (Dit Binmas) of the Regional Police (Polda) or the local Resort Police (Polres).

The Head of Sub-Directorate of Satpam/Polsus Dit Binmas Polda South Kalimantan AKBP Matsari HS reminded service users to employ officially certified security guards in accordance with these provisions.

"If the official security guard is certainly a professional because he has gone through education," said Matsari HS in Banjarmasin, Friday, May 13.

According to him, the security guard profession cannot be done by random people. A person can be called a security guard if he has a Gada Pratama diploma which is the basic education of a security guard.

In education, prospective security guards are educated and trained to have the ability, not only in terms of technical security but also other abilities such as how to behave, communicate, and general knowledge.

In addition, security guards must also have high discipline and a sense of responsibility towards their place of work.

"If you graduate from education you can just wear the official security guard clothes. If there is control and it is caught who is not certified but is wearing the official security guard uniform, we will strip him (of his uniform)," he said.

Currently, there are five Security Service Business Entities (BUJP) holding Gada Pratama Education with the approval and recommendation of the Directorate of Binmas of the South Kalimantan Police.

Since the beginning of 2022, there have been several security guard educations conducted by printing around 500 security guards, some of which are now reported to have worked in various sectors using security services.