Bogor Police gets new chief

BOGOR (JP): Bogor Regional Police chief Col. Abubakar Nataprawira has installed Lt. Col. Ferial Manaf as the new Bogor Regency Police chief, replacing Lt. Col. M. Ruslan Riza.

In his speech on Saturday, Abubakar ordered the new officer to focus his attention on strategic areas, especially heavy industry centers, tourist destinations, farms and plantations, and upmarket residential complexes.

"In this regent alone, there were a total of 933 crimes recorded last year, in other words a crime occurred every 10 hours," he said.

Abubakar also instructed all personnel of the Bogor Regency Police to seriously handle crime in the area as criminals there had turned more violent.

"Therefore, every unit commander is called upon to handle all problems properly," he said.

After graduating from the Police Academy in 1975, Manaf, 45, was posted at Bekasi, Subang, Purwakarta, Ambon, Jakarta and Probolinggo.

His last posting was as chief of the Probolinggo Police in East Java.

His predecessor, Ruslan, was promoted to head of the Yogyakarta Traffic Police Directorate. (bsr/24)