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        "id": 1834137,
        "msgid": "on-80th-anniversary-polris-law-enforcement-and-oversight-remain-major-challenges-says-analyst-1782892271",
        "date": "2026-07-01 14:22:00",
        "title": "On 80th Anniversary, Polri's Law Enforcement and Oversight Remain Major Challenges, Says Analyst",
        "author": "Putri Yuliani",
        "source": "MEDIA_INDONESIA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "As the Indonesian National Police (Polri) marks its 80th anniversary, a security analyst argues that while public services have improved, transparency and accountability in law enforcement still fall short. Bambang Rukminto of ISESS highlighted that low crime reporting rates reflect weak public trust, and he criticised the new Polri Law for failing to establish robust external oversight. He warned that without stronger investigative and sanctioning powers for oversight bodies, substantive institutional reform will remain elusive.",
        "content": "<p>The 80th anniversary of the Indonesian National Police (Polri) is\nconsidered a crucial moment to evaluate the quality of public services,\nlaw enforcement, and to strengthen the oversight system under the new\nLaw Number 5 of 2026 on Polri. Police observer Bambang Rukminto from the\nInstitute for Security and Strategic Studies (ISESS) stated that Polri\u2019s\nservices have shown progress in recent years, notably through the\noptimisation of the public complaint service via the 110 hotline, which\nis increasingly accessible. \u201cRegarding services, it cannot be denied\nthat there have been improvements. The 110 hotline platform has been\nmassively socialised as an effort to increase responsiveness to public\ncomplaints,\u201d Bambang told Media Indonesia on Wednesday (1\/7). However,\nhe assessed that this service progress has not been matched by increased\ntransparency and accountability in law enforcement. The low rate of\ncrime reporting to the police, he argued, is an indicator that public\ntrust in the law enforcement process remains weak. \u201cRegarding\ntransparency and accountability in law enforcement, it is still far from\nexpectations. Looking at the Criminal Statistics released by BPS each\nyear, only about 22 percent of crime victims report to the police. This\ncan be interpreted as the public not yet fully trusting police services\nin law enforcement,\u201d he said. According to Bambang, the biggest\nchallenge for Polri in the information technology era is no longer just\nimproving operational capabilities, but building transparency and\naccountability that can be accounted for to the public. \u201cTransparency\nand accountability require strong control and oversight. This is a\nfuture challenge for Polri as well as an opportunity for National Police\nChief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo to leave a legacy for the institution\nhe leads,\u201d he stated. Bambang also highlighted the oversight system\nregulated in the Polri Law Number 5 of 2026. He assessed that the\ninternal oversight mechanism stipulated in Article 19A is unable to meet\naccountability demands because it is still run by the same institution.\n\u201cArticle 19A remains a self-regulation mechanism because it is run by\nthe same institution. The public has long known the saying \u2018an orange\ncannot eat an orange\u2019, so the effectiveness of internal oversight\nremains questionable,\u201d he said. Meanwhile, external oversight through\nthe National Police Commission (Kompolnas) is also considered\ninsufficiently strong. Bambang explained that under Articles 38 and 39,\nKompolnas only has the authority to provide advice and considerations,\nconduct monitoring, and receive public complaints. \u201cKompolnas does not\nhave investigative authority or the authority to impose binding\nsanctions on Polri. Thus, the available external oversight lacks\ncoercive power comparable to the vast authority of the institution being\nsupervised,\u201d he said. On this basis, he assessed that the weak oversight\nmechanism makes substantive institutional reform of Polri difficult to\nachieve despite having a new legal foundation. \u201cWith the foundation of\nthis new law, substantive cultural reform efforts are very difficult to\ncarry out. Public complaints so far, such as impunity, conflicts of\ninterest, officer arrogance through criminalisation, the absence of\ninternal meritocracy, patronage, and selective law enforcement, remain\nunaddressed in the new law,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/on-80th-anniversary-polris-law-enforcement-and-oversight-remain-major-challenges-says-analyst-1782892271",
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