Central Java Police Chief Hopes That The Community Will Participate In Helping The Police Secure The 2024 Pilkada

Central Java Police Chief Inspector General Ahmad Luthfi/ Photo: Doc. Central Java Police

In the context of securing the 2024 Pilkada, the Central Java Police will hold a regional self-operation with the code of Operation Stable Praja. Central Java Police Chief Inspector General Ahmad Luthfi, in securing the 2024 Pilkada, his party prepared facilities and infrastructure including holding training such as Sispamkota, Sispam Mako Mapupun prepared personnel to secure and escort candidate heads and deputy regional heads.

"So in the respective cities/regencies, the police chief has made a SOP for handling if there is a contingency as well as security for mako such as the KPU, Bawaslu, Polres to Polsek who is responsible or ploting members," said Inspector General Ahmad Luthfi in a written statement, Sunday, July 28.

Ahmad Luthfi added that the number of police in Central Java, which was only around 36 thousand people to serve nearly 37 million people, made the police ratio very low, namely 1: 1,800. Therefore, the participation of the community is very important in maintaining Kamtibmas.

"The sense of security and security of our shared responsibility, the TNI-Polri and the community must be taught to become Police for themselves," added the Kapolda.

In order to cool the 2024 Pilkada situation where in the political year the community becomes divided, the Central Java Police formed a cooling system for the creation of safe and peaceful elections. In the Cooling System, there are several Task Forces including the Social Management Task Force, the Media Management Task Force, and the Partnership Management Task Force.

The Regional Police Chief also emphasized the TNI-Polri neutrality where in each region already has a Netrality Command Post.

Our neutrality. This is the mandate of the law in the Police, in Article 28 paragraph 1 of Law Number 2 of 2002 concerning the Police. That is, it reads that the Police are neutral in political life and do not involve themselves in practical political activities," he concluded