Four police chiefs get new postings
Four police chiefs get new postings
JAKARTA (JP): Four chiefs of police in the capital and several senior officers at Jakarta Police Headquarters will officially assume new posts beginning next Tuesday, about a week prior to the start of the Aug. 7 through Aug. 18 annual General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).
A spokesman at National Police Headquarters, Sr. Supt. Saleh Saaf, said on Friday that the chiefs consisted of Sr. Supt. Timur Pradopo of Central Jakarta, Sr. Supt. Adjie Rustam Ramdja of West Jakarta, Asst. Supt. Pudji Hartanto of Tangerang and Asst. Supt. Bambang Widaryatmo of Depok.
Based on a decree signed by National Police chief Gen. Rusdihardjo, the West Jakarta Police will be led by Adjie Rustam Ramdja; Central Jakarta Police by Asst. Supt. Iwan Nurisman Slamet; head of the city police's intelligence unit in Tangerang by Asst. Supt. Syafii Aksal, former chief of North Aceh Police; and Depok Police by Asst. Supt. M. Athar Azeth, an intelligence officer at National Police Headquarters.
Timur will be assigned the post of chief of the operational unit at West Java Police Headquarters, Bambang as secretary to the chief of the Jakarta Police detectives unit and Pudji will be appointed as deputy chief of Planning Affairs at the Traffic Directorate of National Police Headquarters.
One of the several officers to be rotated beginning next week is Supt. Zainuri Lubis, spokesman of the city police, who has served in that post since early last year.
Zainuri, who will be replaced by Asst. Supt. Nur Usman, former chief of the alert unit at the headquarters, is to be promoted to police chief in Ciamis, West Java.
Officer Saleh Saaf denied an accusation that the rotation had something to do with the upcoming General Session.
"It's part of the police's regular rotation, carried out annually in July and October," he told The Jakarta Post.
He said the rotation took place not only in Jakarta but also in other provincial police forces.
"The rotation also takes effect at other provincial police headquarters since it is the policy of National Police Headquarters to regularly rotate the officers," he said, adding that it was time for the officers to be replaced.
On average, the officers have been in their positions for at least two years. (asa)