Police to change its recruitment system<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): In an effort to establish a professional force,
\nthe Police Academy will introduce a new recruitment system this
\nyear, National Police chief Gen. Rusdihardjo said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The new system will replace one which enables recruits to join
\nthe Police Academy without first having field experience.<\/p>\n
\"The new recruitment system is expected to produce
\nprofessional police personnel, because they will have to
\nexperience working in the field,\" Rusdihardjo told journalists
\nafter addressing the National Police leadership meeting at the
\nPolice Staff College.<\/p>\n
Currently, high school graduates can enroll at the Police
\nAcademy in Semarang, Central Java, and after a four-year training
\nperiod graduate as Second Inspectors.<\/p>\n
While screening for the Police Academy is rigorous, many
\npeople have complained the academy gives unfair consideration to
\nthe sons of high-ranking police officers.<\/p>\n
\"With the new system, these officers will first experience
\nbeing a traffic policeman or a member of the police's Mobile
\nBrigade,\" Rusdihardjo said, adding that most current middle to
\nhigh-ranking police officers had no experience in such positions.<\/p>\n
He said 35 percent of new recruits at the Police Academy this
\nyear were noncommissioned officers with the rank of sergeant.
\nNext year, that percentage will be 60 and the following year 80,
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
\"Four years from now, anybody who wishes to enter the Police
\nAcademy will have to be a sergeant,\" Rusdihardjo said, adding
\nthat this type of system was used around the world.<\/p>\n
He also said the police was preparing a new curriculum for the
\nNoncommissioned Officers School to enable students to finish
\ntheir training in six months, down from the current one year.<\/p>\n
\"Within a year, the police will produce 22,000 new
\nnoncommissioned officers,\" Rusdihardjo said.<\/p>\n
He said the school's training system also would be revamped,
\nmoving away from the militaristic style of training to a more
\nappropriate system.<\/p>\n
\"We're no longer in the military. We are now civilians in
\nuniforms,\" Rusdihardjo said.<\/p>\n
He also said that as a follow-up to the changes in its ranking
\nterminology on July 1, the police force would reduce the number
\nof its ranks from the current 22 to 12 before Jan. 1 next year.<\/p>\n
\"With the reduction in ranks, police personnel will have a
\ngreater chance to achieve the highest rank,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The National Police is scheduled to be placed officially under
\nthe direct coordination of the president on Jan. 1 next year.
\n(08)<\/p>",
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