Police Affirm Commitment To Eradicating Police Recruitment Candidates

Illustration - Health selection of prospective integrated Police Students in West Papua Province. (ANTARA/Tri Adi Santoso)

Assistant Chief of Police for Human Resources Inspector General Dedi Prasetyo emphasized the National Police's commitment to eradicate brokering and corruption, collusion and nepotism practices in the recruitment of Bhayangkara Corps members.

"Since the beginning, the leadership of the National Police has emphasized that they will not hesitate to eradicate the practice of brokers or KKN," said Dedi as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, May 19.

Dedi said that the disclosure of the case of fraud in the registration of the National Police recruitment of non-commissioned officers in the jurisdiction of Karawang, West Java, was a manifestation of the Police's commitment to eradicate brokering practices.

The Karawang Police arrested a suspect with the initials DLS who deceived a resident in Karawang and asked for some money on the pretext of passing his son in the recruitment of police officers.

"We at the National Police Headquarters level certainly fully support firm action against the perpetrators or brokers for recruiting members of the National Police," he said.

The former Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police explained that the entire series of registration processes for the recruitment of members of the National Police, both the Police Academy, non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel, is open to all Indonesian people without fees or free of charge.

In the current recruitment process, the National Police's SSDM applies clean, transparent, accountable, and humanist principles (BETAH) so that there is no room for parties who try to make a profit in the recruitment process for members of the National Police.

In fact, to further prevent this practice, added Dedi, SSDM Polri is now opening a hotline service for the public or anyone who wants to file a complaint or provide information regarding alleged violations or irregularities related to the recruitment process for members of the National Police by contacting the number 085773760016.

"We are open, listen and absorb all aspirations and information from all levels of society. All of this is done to further increase public trust in the Police," he said.

Dedi said the National Police also provided a forum or means of communication on social media as a form of openness to the recruitment of police personnel.

"In the recruitment of members of the National Police, public communication is open through seven social media and hotline numbers for complaints related to recruitment, including a question and answer for anyone who wants to seek information about the recruitment of Polri members," said Dedi.

Dedi also appreciated all ranks of the Karawang Police who had taken firm action against the perpetrators of the registration fraud of members of the National Police non-commissioned officers.