Police wanted by the community

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JAKARTA - The insistence of many parties to improve the performance of the police. Finally responded by President Prabowo Subianto. Previously in a presidential speech had said that the hallmark of a failed state is if you see the police and the TNI also fail. That is after one year of leadership, gradually the President began to fix many things, he began to fix some elements of the state that were considered important to be fixed, including the police.

The President once said in his speech at the Bayangkara anniversary event that there were things that had to be resolved first, such as the leakage of state wealth due to corruption and finances "Whatever we want to achieve, we must master our wealth. Wealth is like the blood of a body if it leaks here and there, the body will die for a long time"

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The police at the end of the day are being highlighted as one of the elements of the country who are considered to have a bad image, antipathy to the police which has been rooted. The relationship between the position and the community is always bad, even though the image is often tried to be raised. Boro-boro raises the image, it is the pomeo that exists, if there is a problem report to the police if we are often faced with the reality, if the goat is lost, report to the police, we will lose the cow. Don't there be any protection, if someone faces a legal case, there is the opposite. It is this bad image that the public faces, if the person who has a legal case, that is the risk of having a legal case. The police according to Mahmud do not protect the people but make the people suffer,

"But in many cases the police do not protect the people. The police in many cases become a gang doing what concerns themselves and their group, not transparent in their settlement, for example, people have reported cases, they have named the perpetrators, the settlement is not clear, or the case has evaporated / disappeared. "That's a lot, even though we just open the file a lot," said Makmud.

For example, in the case of backing and backing, they tend to take unfair actions. For example, regarding certain large corporations. For example, the case of sea piracy, the police should act because it is clear who the culprit is. After a number of people investigated and reported it, and it was known that the president knew.

These are cases that often disappoint the people, and often make public confidence disappear. This according to Mahmud, the President has a record and will take it into account in improving the National Police. And according to Mahfud, the president has many instruments to act and knows everything.

Moreover, since the case of the murder of Josua by a police officer and the case was engineered. Not to mention the case of the brimob hitting an online motorcycle taxi driver during a demonstration in front of the DPR during a riot, the peak of police hatred in the eyes of the public towards the figure of the police.

The desire of a number of civil society groups to reform the National Police was finally heard by President Prabowo Subianto by forming the Commission for Accelerating Reform. A number of important figures were involved in the team, including Jimly Asshiddiqie as the former chairman of the Constitutional Court and a number of former police officers. A number of former police chiefs and senior police officers such as Ahmad Dofiri, Mahfud MD and a number of ministers Yusril Ihza Mahendra, Supratman Andi Agtas, Otto Hasibuan, Listyo Sigit Prabowo (current Police Chief), former police chief Tito Karnavian (Minister of Home Affairs), Idham Azis and Badrodin Haiti (former Police Chief)

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Lately, the image of the police has been getting worse, especially since the case of an officer killing his subordinates, and the attempt to engineer the case. Previously, the case of the online motorcycle taxi was demolished during a demonstration in the DPR. The public's desire to reform the Police is getting stronger.

According to Yusril Mahendra, many have criticized the existence of the police, because of several things, for example, people find it difficult to get protection and protection. There is also criticism about authority, and the position and status. And the things that can change are the president and the board. The integrity has also been questioned by the public. There are pomeos that are already known in the community, if the goat is lost, the police report can also be lost.

Muhammad Isnur, Director of YLBHI, noted that there were 9 systemic problems that must be corrected in police reform, such as accountability and oversight issues, the culture of violence, the organization's management which is not transparent, the staffing system, and others. he revealed during the discussion of the National Conscience Movement (GNB) at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Thursday, (11/09/2025)

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However, in the midst of public scrutiny of the reform, on December 9, 2025, the National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo actually issued Regulation Number 10 of 2025 concerning Police Officers who actually seemed to circumvent the Constitutional Court's decision number 114/PUU-XXIII/2025. It actually overturned the Constitutional Court's decision which prohibited the police from being assigned outside the Police Tupoksi. Carrying out tasks outside the organizational structure of the National Police must retire or resign. In the regulation it is stated that if someone serves in 17 ministries/institutions that can be filled by police officers must retire or resign from the police.

This immediately invited public controversy, because the Constitutional Court's decision 114/PUU-XXIII/2025 just, on November 13, 2025, had confirmed the prohibition for active police members to occupy positions outside the police institution. Unless he must resign or he retires. This is considered a defiance of the Constitutional Court's decision

The Coordinator of Law and Investigation of Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW), Wana Alamsyah, said that the double post, including the placement of police in civil posts, was full of conflicts of interest. The reason is, this is a practice for sharing posts and has the potential to be used as a tool of power to control civil posts.

"Another thing, especially those related to police active in civil posts, has the potential to provide legal protection when there are cases that occur in an institution. This has a tendency to abuse power and a big conflict of interest," said Wana.

At the same time, the police themselves have formed a police reform team headed by the Head of the Public Information Bureau (Karopenmas) of the Public Relations Division of the National Police, Brigadier General Pol. Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko. According to Wisnu Andiko, the Police Chief's Order (Sprint) number Sprin/2749/IX/TUK.2.1/2025, which was signed directly by the National Police Chief, Lisyo Sigit on September 17, 2025.

This team consists of a total of 52 high-ranking and mid-ranking officers of the National Police. As the head of the team, the National Police Chief appointed the Head of the National Police Education and Training Agency (Lemdiklat), Inspector General of Police. Chrysnanda Dwilaksana.

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According to Andika, the presence of this reform team is a follow-up to the seriousness of the police in managing institutional transformation systematically. This process is carried out by involving the government and stakeholders from various sectors.

"Institutional transformation to achieve the process and objectives of accelerating the transformation of the National Police in accordance with the expectations of the community," said the National Police Chief.

According to him, there are psychological and structural obstacles in enforcing police discipline in the context of disciplinary enforcement in the police institution. "There are two types of significant obstacles, psychological and structural," he said.

The culture of solidarity, in the police environment, solidarity between members often prioritizes loyalty to colleagues. This can cause members to ignore violations committed by colleagues, creating a culture of impunity.

Disbelief in the system, some members may feel that the disciplinary system is unfair or not transparent, leading to resistance to enforcing the rules.

Badrodin himself admitted that it was very difficult for the National Police to reform itself. According to the retired police general. "It is impossible for the police to be good on its own, reforming from within is difficult, if it is in the system it will definitely dissolve with the culture of the system itself", he said in a public discussion and presentation of aspirations themed Police Reform held by the Graduate School of Airlangga University, Thursday (27/11/2025).

Meanwhile, according to Yusril, the president has prepared the presidency regarding this police, it will be included from the proposal and recommendations of a number of parties, including from the Polri Quick Wins program which is being developed by the reform team formed by the national police itself, with a program whose name is Quick Wins, including the inclusion of a whistleblowing system (WBS) and reporting "Polri for the Community" as a form of transparency in the digital era. Precise Law Enforcement.

Overall, although the Quick Wins program has potential, its success depends heavily on how these obstacles are overcome and to what extent institutions are willing to adapt to the necessary changes.