Rusdihardjo new police chief<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid told new
\nNational Police chief Lt. Gen. Rusdihardjo on Tuesday to
\nconcentrate his force on maintaining security and public order
\nand abandoning its military-like intelligence operations.<\/p>\n
"Police must handle cases based on investigation results, but
\nnot on intelligence activities," the President said before the
\ninduction of the new police chief by Vice President Megawati
\nSoekarnoputri at State Palace.<\/p>\n
The Vice President swore in Rusdihardjo due to the President's
\nsight problem. Megawati smiled when Rusdihardjo failed to repeat
\nhis oath of loyalty to the state. She repeated the sentence
\nagain.<\/p>\n
This was the President's third time to install National
\nMilitary (TNI) and National Police leaders. Soon after his
\nelection in October, he appointed Admiral Widodo to replace Gen.
\nWiranto as TNI chief. Last month, he promoted Gen. Tyasno Sudarto
\nto succeed Gen. Subagyo Hadisiswoyo as Army chief.<\/p>\n
Rusdihardjo, the chief of the National Police Staff and
\nLeadership School (Sespim) in Bandung, West Java, replaces Gen.
\nRoesmanhadi. Promoted to lieutenant general, Rusdihardjo, 55,
\nwill take his new position after the Idul Fitri holidays.<\/p>\n
It is not clear yet as to which new position Roesmanhadi will
\noccupy in the police. He is still two years away from the
\nmandatory retirement age of 55.<\/p>\n
National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Erald Dotulong said on
\nTuesday that he received the news from Gen. Roesmanhadi on
\nTuesday morning.<\/p>\n
"We were all shocked here. Pak Rusdihardjo is, of course, a
\ngreat choice, but we all expected either Maj. Gen. Bimantoro, the
\noperational affairs assistant to the National Police chief, or
\nMaj. Gen. Bibit Rianto, the expert staff member working with the
\nNational Police chief," Erald told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
"Gus Dur (Abdurrahman), I guess, wouldn't be Gus Dur
\notherwise."<\/p>\n
Born in Solo, Central Java on July 7, 1945, Rusdihardjo has
\nspent most of his police career as a field detective,
\nparticularly specializing in the narcotics division.<\/p>\n
"He is a real guy in the field ... a great detective,
\nparticularly in the field of narcotics," Erald said.<\/p>\n
Like Roesmanhadi, Rusdihardjo is a 1967 graduate of the
\nNational Police Academy. Rusdihardjo has had specialized training
\noverseas to deal with, among other things, narcotics and
\nantiterrorism.<\/p>\n
This includes the Narcotics Law Enforcement Training Course in
\nBangkok, Thailand, and the Narcotics Prevention of Offenders in
\nTokyo, Japan.<\/p>\n
He is a graduate of the Advance International Narcotics School
\nin Washington, United States. He took Asian studies in Conspiracy
\nInvestigations in Manila, the Philippines and the Asian Senior
\nPolice Officer course at the Royal Malaysian Police College in
\nKuala Lubu, Malaysia.<\/p>\n
Rusdihardjo also took a crisis management and antiterrorist
\ntraining program in Washington.<\/p>\n
Before taking the position of Sespim chief in 1997,
\nRusdihardjo was the National Police detectives director beginning
\nin 1993.<\/p>\n
Gen. (ret) Awaloeddin Djamin, who was the National Police
\nchief from 1978 to 1982, said on Tuesday that Rusdihardjo had his
\nwork cut out for him, not only as police chief, but also as the
\ncommander of over 187,000 police officers nationwide.<\/p>\n
"He is a great detective, I know that firsthand. He was in the
\ndetectives division when I was still at the National Police. But
\nhowever great any police chief might be, he is nothing without
\nhis staff, his police officers," Awaloeddin told reporters at his
\nresidence on Jl. Daha III in Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
"The police will be under the command of the President this
\nyear. The police must start equipping, by way of education and
\nfacilities, police precincts nationwide, since they will be the
\noperational command posts," Awaloeddin said.<\/p>\n
Rusdihardjo, he added, was one of the select candidates.
\nOthers included Jakarta Police chief Maj. Gen. Noegroho
\nDjajoesman, Central Java Police chief Maj. Gen. Nurfaizi, Bibit
\nand Bimantoro, who were considered to have the potential to lead
\nthe National Police.<\/p>\n
"The new chief must be able to maintain good relations with
\nthe Army, despite all the pain it caused us by taking away our
\ngrants and opportunities to better facilitate our forces. We need
\nmore forces in the field."<\/p>\n
Awaloeddin, who is also head of the National Police chief's
\nsupervisory body, added that narcotics, arson, street crime and
\nviolence remain the main priorities of the National Police.<\/p>\n
"We all wish him the best of luck." (prb\/ylt)<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/rusdihardjo-new-police-chief-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }