24 new police stations set up for public service

24 new police stations set up for public service

JAKARTA (JP): City Police Chief Maj. Gen. Hamami Nata has
inaugurated the operation of 24 new police stations in the
Greater Jakarta area to meet the increasing needs of the public
for police services.

Spokesman Lt. Col. Iman Haryatna said on Tuesday that all of
the new police stations, which began operations this week, were
funded by residents and business circles around the area.

"We deploy our personnel -- ranging between five and 12
officers at each station -- and standard devices required in
order to be able to provide immediate police services to the
public," Iman said.

According to Iman, there are five new police stations, locally
referred to as Pospol, in Central Jakarta.

The Juanda Pospol is located on Jl. Juanda, Krekot on Jl.
Sukarjo Wiryopranoto, Monas Timur on Jl. Monas Tenggara, Sawah
Besar on Jl. Mangga Dua Selatan and the Jayakarta Pospol on Jl.
Pangeran Jakarta.

In North Jakarta, two new police stations, the Simpang Lima
and Muara Baru Pospol, are respectively located on Jl. Plumpang
in Semper and Jl. Muara Baru in Penjaringan.

In East Jakarta, there are two newly operating police
stations: the Buaran Pospol on Jl. Ngurah Rai and the Pondok Kopi
station on Jl. Raya Pondok Kopi.

In South Jakarta, there are two new Pospol: the Pejaten Barat
station on Jl. Kemang Bangka and Cirende on Jl. Raya Cirende.

In West Jakarta, three new stations have just begun
operations.

There is the Jatipulo station on Jl. Tomang Raya, Kalideres on
Jl. Lingkar III in Tegal Alur and Pajak at the Tax office
building in Kemanggisan.

New stations have also opened in Tangerang, Depok and Bekasi,
the three city outskirts supervised by the Jakarta Police.

In Tangerang, the two new buildings are the Tigaraksa Pospol
at Desa Kaduagung in Tigaraksa and Bintaro at the Bintaro housing
complex.

In Depok, three police stations have opened: the Proklamasi
Pospol on Jl. Proklamasi in Depok II Tengah, Nusantara on Jl.
Salak in Depok II and another at the Depok Terminal on Jl.
Margonda Raya.

In Bekasi, there are four new police stations: the Lippo City
Pospol at Desa Cibatulemah Abang, Mangunjaya at Desa Mangunjaya
in Tambun, Jatibening at Desa Jatibening and Bintara station in
the Bintara subdistrict.

Of the 24 new stations, only three have been equipped with
telephones, Iman said.

"However, we'll soon develop and equip all standard devices at
the new Pospol," he promised.

Currently, the capital -- home to around 13 million people --
has 169 Pospol.

Each Pospol is headed by a chief with the rank of senior
sergeant or second lieutenant. He is accompanied by four to 11
officers, with most formerly serving as detectives or traffic
police. They are assigned to guard areas such as housing
complexes, factories and shopping and business complexes.

The police stations are supervised by respective police
subprecincts, locally known as Polsek, which currently total
around 50. These Polsek, headed by a major or captain, are under
the supervision of the heads of the nine respective regional
police precincts, locally called Polres, all of whom are
supervised by the Jakarta City Police Headquarters. (bsr)