DLLAJ asks for trail bikes, guns

DLLAJ asks for trail bikes, guns

JAKARTA (JP): The City Traffic and Land Transportation Agency
(DLLAJ) is to ask the government for 100 trailer bikes and dozens
of firearms to facilitate its members in carrying out their duty
to discipline public bus drivers.

Head of the agency Rustam Effendy told reporters that the
officers need such bikes to chase delinquent public drivers who
often violate traffic regulations. He said that the existing
1,000 cc motorbikes his agency have are no longer sufficient for
the task.

"My men also need firearms to protect them from hoodlums who
often abuse them while on duty," he argued.

Governor Sutiyoso said separately that he had not received the
proposal.

City Councillor Tjuk Sudono from Commission D on Development
Affairs supported the suggestion to replace the current
motorbikes with the more practical trail bikes, but frowned upon
the idea of arming the agency's officers.

"The firearms will only worsen the situation. The agency don't
need them," he said.(bby)