Dian Kuswandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Following a new regulation to limit the types of crime reports handled by the Jakarta Police's complaint desk, several precinct offices said they were ready to implement it in order to solve cases faster.
The new regulation, announced Wednesday, was reportedly made in response to the Jakarta Police's low rate of solving cases through the desk. The Jakarta Police said it could only solve half of all cases received at the desk each year.
South Jakarta Police head Sr. Comr. Chairul Anwar said he had been informed of the new regulation in a meeting.
"The meeting announced the city police, precinct and subprecinct police would handle different cases," he told The Jakarta Post, adding that further discussion on the case categorization would be carried out soon.
He said his office was ready to implement the new regulation, as it would help the city police solve cases more efficiently.
Asked whether the new regulation would place more burden on the precinct police, Central Jakarta Police head Sr. Comr. Heru Winarko said his office had no problem in handling cases that used to be handled by the city police.
"The good thing is that cases could be identified and solved faster," he said.
Jakarta Police's head of operations division Sr. Comr. Irawan Dahlan said the new regulation stipulated the Jakarta Police would only handle crime reports with more than one-year sentences.
"As for the crimes with sentences less than one year, including unpleasant conduct and defamation, they will be handled by precinct and subprecinct police," he said Wednesday.
Irawan, however, said an exception would be made for high-profile state officials and for those who wanted to make a
report of losses.
"That's because high-level state officials have privileges and a report of losses requires no investigation," he said.
Head of the Jakarta Police's complaint desk Comr. Kasman Panjaitan said the desk received 5,000 to 6,000 crime complaints every year, but only half could be solved.
Billy, a resident of Cipinang, East Jakarta, said the distinction of cases to be handled by certain police offices would help the public decide where to report its cases.
"With the new regulation, precinct or subprecinct police will no longer have excuses in rejecting people's reports, because it's already clear which cases they have to handle and which they don't," he said.
Following a new regulation to limit the types of crime reports handled by the Jakarta Police's complaint desk, several precinct offices said they were ready to implement it in order to solve cases faster.
The new regulation, announced Wednesday, was reportedly made in response to the Jakarta Police's low rate of solving cases through the desk. The Jakarta Police said it could only solve half of all cases received at the desk each year.
South Jakarta Police head Sr. Comr. Chairul Anwar said he had been informed of the new regulation in a meeting.
"The meeting announced the city police, precinct and subprecinct police would handle different cases," he told The Jakarta Post, adding that further discussion on the case categorization would be carried out soon.
He said his office was ready to implement the new regulation, as it would help the city police solve cases more efficiently.
Asked whether the new regulation would place more burden on the precinct police, Central Jakarta Police head Sr. Comr. Heru Winarko said his office had no problem in handling cases that used to be handled by the city police.
"The good thing is that cases could be identified and solved faster," he said.
Jakarta Police's head of operations division Sr. Comr. Irawan Dahlan said the new regulation stipulated the Jakarta Police would only handle crime reports with more than one-year sentences.
"As for the crimes with sentences less than one year, including unpleasant conduct and defamation, they will be handled by precinct and subprecinct police," he said Wednesday.
Irawan, however, said an exception would be made for high-profile state officials and for those who wanted to make a
report of losses.
"That's because high-level state officials have privileges and a report of losses requires no investigation," he said.
Head of the Jakarta Police's complaint desk Comr. Kasman Panjaitan said the desk received 5,000 to 6,000 crime complaints every year, but only half could be solved.
Billy, a resident of Cipinang, East Jakarta, said the distinction of cases to be handled by certain police offices would help the public decide where to report its cases.
"With the new regulation, precinct or subprecinct police will no longer have excuses in rejecting people's reports, because it's already clear which cases they have to handle and which they don't," he said.
