Jogja City Government Expands Patrols to School Hours to Prevent Student Brawls Alongside Curfew Measures

Jogja City Government is not only intensifying curfew patrols for minors to prevent street violence but also conducting patrols during school hours to anticipate potential student brawls and disturbances.

Bayu Laksmono, Head of the Public Order and Community Security (Kabid Tibum) Division of the Jogja City Civil Protection Agency (Satpol PP), said school-hour patrols have been strengthened following a recent bottle-throwing incident at an SMK in Jogja.

“Following yesterday’s incident where students threw bottles at an SMK, we agreed to implement patrols during school hours and curfew periods, creating two key timeframes,” Bayu told detikJogja via phone on Friday, 29 May 2026.

Patrols are conducted during high-risk hours, with officers monitoring from 9am to approximately 2pm.

“We start at 9am and go until around 2pm, as our observations indicate these are critical hours,” he added.

Previously, Jogja City Government implemented a curfew for minors last week. During patrols, Satpol PP recorded 11 teenagers lingering at angkringan late into the night.

“The curfew was enforced starting last week, with patrols commencing at 10pm and targeting areas where teenagers commonly gather,” Bayu told detikJogja on Friday, 29 May.

During the patrols, Bayu stated officers found 11 teenagers loitering in the Tegaltirto area. They were registered and instructed to return home or to their respective rented accommodation.

“We still found around 11 people in the Tegaltirto area who were chatting and loitering at angkringan, so we registered them and asked them to go home or to their rented accommodation,” he said.

Bayu added that patrols are conducted daily, in line with Mayor’s Regulation No. 49 of 2022 concerning minor curfews.

“Our approach includes both independent and coordinated operations. For personnel strengthening, we conduct situational patrols based on early detection mapping by Satpol PP,” he concluded.