Most police do not have housing

Most police do not have housing

JAKARTA (JP): About 62 percent of the city's 17,000 police
officers have no house of their own, city police chief Maj. Gen.
Dibyo Widodo says.

"We all know that only 38 percent of the total city police
personnel have homes of their own," he said during the
inauguration of a small police dormitory, which was renovated
after catching fire recently, in Pesing, West Jakarta.

Dibyo promised to give special attention to the problem and
would try to provide houses for officers through cooperation with
the police cooperative.

The rebuilding of the dormitory was partly financed by local
businessmen.

Although the number of police officers, who already own
houses, is still small, some do live in big houses and own luxury
cars. (bsr)