City police recruitment

JAKARTA (JP): The city police are offering the opportunity for Indonesian youths to be recruited and trained as noncommissioned police officers for the 2000-2001 school calendar year, an official said over the weekend.

"The registration and recruitment period will last from Feb. 1 until Feb. 29, 2000," City police spokesman Lt. Col. Zainuri Lubis told reporters in his office on Saturday.

"The candidates must be Indonesian citizens who are physically and mentally healthy," he said as quoted by Antara news agency as saying.

"They must not wear spectacles, either."

He said the candidates must be over 18 years old and less than 20 years old in July 2000, when the training programs will begin.

Lubis added that male candidates must be 163 centimeters in height or above, while female candidates must be 160 centimeters or above.

"Exceptions are for male and female candidates whose high school final examination (NEM) results have an average of 7," the official said.

The police spokesman said entrance tests will include administrative screening; parade performance evaluations at regional and national levels; health, physical and mental evaluations; as well as psychological and academic assessments.

"Any interested youths should register directly at the city police headquarters' personnel department on Jl. Jenderal Sudirman No. 55 in South Jakarta," he said.

"They must bring their original elementary school, junior high school and senior high school diplomas. And if they possess them, they can also bring their original college and undergraduate diplomas."

"They must also show their original birth certificates, bring four copies of a 4x6 black-and-white photograph, their identity cards and a police recommendation of good conduct," Lubis added. (imn)