DPR Reminds That The Establishment Of A Women-Child Directorate Of The National Police Is Accompanied By Strengthening Structures

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JAKARTA - The National Police formed a new unit, namely the Directorate of Crimes for Women and Children Services and the Crime of Trafficking in Persons (PPA-PPO). Commission III of the DPR RI supports the establishment of the new directorate and asks the Police to also strengthen its structure.

"We must support the establishment of the Directorate of Criminal Acts of Women and Children and Child Trafficking (PPA-PPO) because it answers the concerns that have occurred so far," said Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the DPR, Prince Khairul Saleh, Tuesday, September 24.

The PPA-PO Directorate, which is the new unit of Bareskrim Polri, is referred to as the Commitment of the National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo in protecting women and children. The prince agreed with the action related to the mainstreaming of the issue of women and children carried out by the Police.

"This is proof that the state is present in tackling increasingly acute problems," he said.

According to Pangeran, the formation of a new unit within Bareskrim emphasized the Police's commitment to answer the needs of the community which is deemed increasingly urgent to see the reality today.

"Both for the increasing crime against women and children, as well as complaints that we have received at Commission III of the DPR, are also specifically and directly complaints to Komnas Perempuan and Children," Pangeran explained.

"The formation of this unit must be accompanied by strengthening its structure to the lower layers," continued the legislator from the South Kalimantan I electoral district.

Data from the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (KemenPPA) shows that the number of cases of violence against children reached 24,158 cases reported throughout 2023. Of these, the largest type of cases of sexual violence, namely 10,932 cases.

Meanwhile, Komnas Perempuan data shows that psychological violence dominates with a total of 3,498 or 41.55%, followed by physical violence of 2,081 or 24.71%, sexual violence of 2,078 or 24.69%, and economic violence of 762 or 9.05%.

As a partner of the National Police, Commission III of the DPR is said to support the performance of the PPA-PO Directorate through the functions and authorities of the council.

"We will certainly support the strengthening of the budget for the formation of strategic directorates within the Indonesian police, such as the formation of the Directorate of Crimes for Women and Children Services as well as the Trafficking Crime. This person," said Pangeran.

Furthermore, Pangeran appreciated the Police's policy of appointing a female general as the Director of PPA-PO, namely Brigadier General Pol Dra. Dessy Andriani.

"Of course this is a breath of fresh air in building women's emancipation commitments at the top level of the Police," he said.

According to Pangeran, the election of Brigadier General Dessy Andriani as Director of PPA-PPO also answered the expectations of Commission III of the DPR in charge of law enforcement affairs so that the National Police would add high female officers to occupy strategic positions in the police institution.

"This is considering that historical records of the Women's Police Corps (Polwan) in the last 76 years have given birth to 17 generals. Currently there are only three active generals. One of them is this Brigadier General of Police Dra Dessy Andriani," said Pangeran.

With so many crimes against women and children, Pangeran said, the strategic role of the Women's Police Corps is very much needed.

"We must encourage the presence of Polwan officers for their strategic roles within the police force," he said.

"So this news is happy news for us as partners with the Police in Commission III because we have one week left of our service, hopefully with the new Directorate the service will be more real to the wider community," added Prince.

For information, in addition to the Director of Crimes of PPA and PPA, the National Police Chief has also officially appointed eight middle officers to occupy positions as Director of Cyber Investigation (Diressiber) in eight regional police stations.

The mutation was stated in a telegram numbered ST/2098/IX/KEP./2024, ST/2099/IX/KEP./2024, ST/2100/IX/KEP./2024 and ST/2101/IX/KEP./2024 dated September 20, 2024. Based on the 4 STs, there were 309 Pati and Pamen personnel who were transferred.