Using ETLE Cameras, Hit And Run Perpetrators In Bandung Arrested By Police Less Than 24 Hours

Illustration of CCTV online or ETLE cameras. (doc. Police Public Relations)

The hit-and-run case in the city of Bandung caused the victim to die at the scene. Bandung Police took advantage of an electronic traffic law enforcement (ETLE) camera to reveal the culprit. Head of the Traffic Unit (Satlantas) of the Bandung Polrestabes Kompol Eko Iskandar said the incident occurred on Jalan Muhammad Toha on Thursday, July 20 at 02.30 WIB. "So, the ETLE has a very sharp camera, up to the plate is zoomed in, to the person in the car," said Eko at the Bandung Polrestabes, Bandung City, Thursday, July 20, confiscated by Antara.

It didn't take up to 24 hours for the police to catch the perpetrator of the hit-and-run with the initials ES (44) and his vehicle. Eko explained that the vehicle involved in the accident was a pickup with the police number D-8367-VO.

The car crashed into two motorbikes, namely the Honda Vario driven by Ardika Dwi Nugroho (21) and Kawasaki KLX driven by Gelar Esa (20). "One of the motorcyclists riding the Vario died at the location, while the other still could not provide information. He is also a key witness," he said.

At the accident site, he said, there was no CCTV camera so the moment of the accident was not caught on camera. However, after the police conducted a search around the location, the car was caught by the ETLE camera. "This is clearly visible for the vehicle, this pickup at the time of the incident fled, the plate was still attached, the glass was broken, and the driver and passenger was clearly visible, so from this information the officers followed the address of the pickup vehicle," he said., especially in the early hours of the morning no one saw it," he said.