National Police Launch Operation Ketupat on 13 March, 2,746 Posts Positioned Throughout Eid Season
Indonesia’s National Police headquarters (Mabes Polri) will conduct Operation Ketupat 2026 during the mass exodus and return journey for the Islamic holiday of Eid Al-Fitr 1447 H. The operation will run for two weeks from 13 to 25 March 2026.
This was announced by National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo during a cross-sectoral coordination meeting held at the Mutiara Auditorium, STIK-PTIK Police Training and Education Centre, on Monday (2 March 2026). Adopting the theme “Safe Journey, Happy Family,” General Sigit convened with various ministers and agency heads to align security measures.
Several high-ranking state officials attended the meeting, including Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Pratikno, Minister of Religious Affairs Nasaruddin Umar, Minister of Trade Budi Santoso, and Minister of Transport Dudy Purwagandhi. Also present were the Deputy Commander of Operations of the Armed Forces, the head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), the head of the Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), and various state-owned enterprise directors including those from Pertamina, Jasa Marga, and Jasa Raharja.
“This year we are implementing Operation Ketupat, which we will begin from 13 March until 25 March, and this year’s tagline is ‘Safe Journey and Happy Family,’” General Sigit stated.
General Sigit explained that Operation Ketupat will be led by the National Police Traffic Corps Commander (Kakorlantas) Inspector General Agus Suryonugroho. The operation will involve 161,000 combined personnel from the military and police alongside relevant agencies and stakeholders.
General Sigit stated that during the operation, his team would prioritise preemptive and preventive measures while emphasising law enforcement.
“We certainly hope to work maximally together for success in managing both the outbound and return traffic flows,” he said.
During Operation Ketupat 2026, the National Police Chief continued, a total of 2,746 posts throughout Indonesia will be positioned. These comprise 1,624 security posts (Pos Pam) that will focus on security whilst serving as information centres and traffic control hubs.
Meanwhile, 779 service posts (Po Yan) will function as rest stations for fatigued drivers. A further 343 integrated posts will serve as operational control centres for Operation Ketupat 2026.
“Within these, there are also rest areas and various services that we have prepared for the public undertaking the Eid journey,” he said.
Furthermore, 185,608 security-focused sites will be monitored by officers. These range from places of worship, tourist attractions, shopping centres, terminals, ports, train stations, to airports.
“Of course, we need the involvement of relevant stakeholders to collectively provide services at tourist sites, places of worship, public transport, migration routes on both toll roads and arterial highways, cross-island ferry crossings, shopping centres and rest areas,” he added.
Regarding this, General Sigit also emphasised the need to optimise the emergency hotline 110 during the Eid travel season.
“Optimise the 110 service. So that the public who need assistance can directly dial the police emergency line 110 for us to follow up,” he said.
The meeting was attended by 302 participants in person, including 28 police headquarters unit heads and 36 regional police chiefs from across Indonesia. In the structure of Operation Ketupat 2026, National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit serves as Operation Policy Officer (Bijakops), supported by Deputy National Police Chief General Dedi Prasetyo as Deputy Officer. Technically, the operation will be led by Traffic Corps Commander Inspector General Agus Suryonugroho as chief operational officer (Kaopspus). All Operation Ketupat 2026 officials were present at the coordination meeting.
Meanwhile, regional police chiefs and regional command coordination boards participated in the meeting virtually to ensure that central directives were communicated down to regional levels.
In his presentation, the National Police Chief emphasised the importance of synergy and collaboration with all stakeholders to serve the public undertaking the Eid journey and celebrating Eid Al-Fitr 1447 H. This aligns with the 2026 migration tagline: “Safe Journey, Happy Family”.