Police predict security will deteriorate next year<\/p>\n
Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
High number of offenses are likely tarnish security in the
\ncapital next year partly due to worsening impact of the economic
\ncrisis, a senior police officer said on Friday.<\/p>\n
Jakarta Police Chief Insp. Gen. Makbul Padmanagara remarked
\nthat prolonged economic crisis might prompt the people to do
\ncrimes to make a living, which in turn raised the crime level in
\n2002.<\/p>\n
\"Police may face heavier tasks next year to clamp down on
\noffenses in the capital as long as our economy have not yet
\nrecovered,\" Makbul told reporters in his year-end press
\nconference.<\/p>\n
Makbul attributed the grim outlook to the higher crime level
\nthis year as compared to last year.<\/p>\n
Robberies rose by 36 percent to 6,453 this year from 4,753
\nlast year, he said.<\/p>\n
Of the 2001 robberies, some 45 robberies targeted bank
\ncustomers, Makbul said, adding that the armed robberies to bank
\ncustomers had claimed one life from the police personnel, Brig.
\nChief. Slamet Riyanto.<\/p>\n
The stealing of car and motorcycle recorded the most
\nsignificant increase as it rose by 100 percent to 6,046 cases
\nthis year from only 2,971 in the previous year.<\/p>\n
\"We acknowledge that police find it difficult to address the
\ncrime,\" he said, citing that the police only managed to capture
\n49 suspects and confiscate 170 unit cars and motorcycles.<\/p>\n
Makbul also reported that drugs-related offenses rose by 22
\npercent to 1,724 cases in 2001 from 1402 in 2000.<\/p>\n
Police arrested some 445 drug dealers and confiscated 3.1
\nkilogram heroin, 3.5 ton marijuana, 27,000 ecstasy pills, and 262
\nkilogram Shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine).<\/p>\n
He admitted that some 24 police officers were involved in the
\ndrugs-related crimes, saying that they were now undergoing
\nrehabilitation process.<\/p>\n
Some 424 police officers were punished for breaking the police
\ndisciplines, Makbul unveiled, without elaborating what
\npunishments had been imposed to them.<\/p>\n
Makbul also said the police managed to reveal 269 gambling
\ncases this year, a 35 percent increase from last year's 114.<\/p>",
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