Academy graduates 122 police cadets

Academy graduates 122 police cadets

JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Police Academy graduated 122
students in a ceremony attended by National Police Chief Gen.
Banurusman Astrosemito in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, on
Saturday.

In his speech, Gen. Banurusman urged the administrators of the
Police Academy to improve professionalism, to anticipate the
increasing number of crimes.

"Improvement of police services to the public needs the
academy's role in preparing effective, efficient and modern
police officers," Banurusman said.

Saturday's graduation raises the number of graduates from the
academy, which was established in 1946, to 3,600 students, some
of whom have occupied important posts in police force.

The police chief also asked the new graduates to improve their
performances and professionalism.

Professionalism, according to Banurusman, is necessary to
enable them to handle problems in the rapidly changing society,
as is reflected by the improvement in people's knowledge, and by
demand for openness, democratization, human rights improvement,
and environment protection.

The general urged the Police Academy to closely cooperate with
other institutes in research and development fields to enable the
academy to really become a research and development institute for
police science and technology.

The Police Academy's Governor Maj. Gen. Momo Kelana said that
the academy is giving greater attention to vandalism and people
participation in maintaining security and order.

He said that vandalism has the potential of increasing and
becoming another major problem for the police.

Among the new graduates, three students passed exams with the
highest records: Lieutenant Ricko Amelza Dahniel for academic
achievement, Lieutenant Idham Azis for physical performance, and
Capt. Alexander M. Mandalika for mental defense. (29)