Ahead Of Eid 2022, Bantul Police Deploy 500 Security Personnel

A tourist attraction in Bantul which is predicted to experience a surge in visitors during the Lebaran 2022 holiday. (Antara)

BANTUL - Securing the flow of going back and forth for Eid 2022 in Bantul Regency, DI Yogyakarta (DIY) will involve around 500 members of the Bantul Resort Police.

Bantul Police Chief AKBP Ihsan said the police would also be assisted by elements of the TNI, the Transportation Service (Dishub), the Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP), and the Bantul Regency Government.

"The personnel involved are approximately 500 personnel from the Bantul Police, then backed up from elements of the TNI and the regional government, in this case the Transportation Agency and Satpol PP," said Ihsan after the call to hold the 2022 Ketupat Progo Ops Troops at Paseban Bantul Field, Friday afternoon, 22 April.

In addition to the personnel and government officials, said the Head of the Resort Police, the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) and volunteer communities, such as the Disaster Risk Reduction Forum (FPRB), Senkom, and Rapi were also assisted.

"There were quite a number of volunteers who were witnessed at the Troops Title Ceremony, they were volunteers in Bantul which we empowered in order to support the implementation of the Ketupat Progo operation," said Ihsan, quoted from Antara.

As conveyed in the Chief of Police's mandate at the Troops Hold Ceremony, he said, related to Eid 2022, it is predicted that there will be a surge in homecoming traffic so that traffic on the main route will be congested with vehicles.

"The prediction is that it will be very crowded, including Jakarta, it will be crowded and that's Lebaran, if Lebaran is smooth, I think something is impossible, it will definitely be crowded," he said.

However, his party will carry out traffic engineering on roads that are prone to overcrowding and prone to traffic accidents. Around the vulnerable lanes, security posts (Pospam) and monitoring posts have also been established.

"Of course it needs engineering. Therefore, we will create four postal service posts and service posts, then there will be monitoring posts that we will deploy in areas that are prone to accidents, especially," he said.