79.2% of the Public Trust Polri as Baby Trafficking Case Uncovered by PPA-PPO
The Indonesia Development Monitoring (IDM) survey assessed the performance of services, law enforcement, and public trust in the Indonesian National Police (Polri). Public trust in Polri is closely linked to its handling of cases related to the protection of women, children, and human trafficking.
The IDM survey employed a multistage random sampling method, with data collection conducted from 7 to 20 April 2026. It involved 1,580 respondents from 34 provinces across Indonesia.
All respondents were aged between 17 and 65 years, comprising men and women selected randomly to represent the national population. The survey was conducted face-to-face. The margin of error for this survey is ±2.47%.
“Regarding law enforcement by Polri, 75.1% of respondents are satisfied with Polri’s performance, including efforts to eradicate gambling, human trafficking, drugs, economic crimes, hoarding of fuel and food, etc., while 20.7% are dissatisfied with Polri’s performance and 4.2% did not respond,” said IDM Executive Director Dedi Rohman in his statement on Friday (8/5/2026).
Additionally, the survey results show that 81.2% of respondents are satisfied with Polri’s public service performance, such as services for obtaining driving licences, filing reports, and assisting with traffic flow, especially during holidays and the homecoming programme, while 16.6% are not yet satisfied or dissatisfied and 2.2% did not respond.
The level of public trust in Polri’s performance stands at 79.2%, an accumulation of the ‘very trusting’ and ‘trusting’ categories. This figure indicates a positive trend, where public trust in the Bhayangkara Corps continues to recover.
This public trust in Polri is inseparable from its success in providing protection to women, children, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups through the handling of cases reported to the police.
The success of the Directorate of Criminal Acts (Dittipid) for PPA and PPO in uncovering a baby trafficking case, thereby saving 10 babies, a child abuse case perpetrated by the biological mother that drew public attention, a human smuggling case through Indonesian waters involving 39 victims from Bangladesh, and a TPPO case involving a mail-order bride scheme with Chinese nationals.
These efforts represent the presence of the state through Polri in providing real protection to vulnerable groups while firmly prosecuting perpetrators of humanitarian crimes. This success is inseparable from Polri’s collaboration with the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection (Kementerian PPPA), Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos), Ministry of Health (Kemenkes), Ministry of Manpower (Kemenaker), Ministry of the Empowerment of Women, Children, and Family (KemenP2MI), local governments, and other community institutions.
In addition to law enforcement, institutional strengthening through the establishment of PPA and PPO directorates at the provincial police level (ditres) as well as PPA and PPO units at the district police level is seen to further enhance services, protection, and rapid, professional handling of cases from a victim perspective and with a gender-responsive approach.
The Dittipid PPA-PPO is also deemed successful in implementing the ‘Rise and Speak’ programme as an effort in prevention and education for the public, aiming to make society bolder in speaking out, reporting, and caring about violence against women, children, and other vulnerable groups.
The programme also includes efforts to enhance the capacity of investigators handling PPA and PPO cases and to improve cooperation among stakeholders at both central and regional levels.
This programme serves as a means to build public awareness, strengthen social concern, increase commitment and collaboration among stakeholders, and promote the creation of a safe environment free from violence. These various achievements have received public appreciation and form an important part in increasing public trust in Polri.