Panic button service

Panic button service

I would like to comment on news that the Jakarta Police have
teamed up with a private company to provide panic button
services. Jakarta residents must be familiar with the phrase:
"Nothing's free in Jakarta". Even to pee in public toilets we
have to pay.

Now the Jakarta Police plan to set up a Panic Button System to
provide premium security services for people who are willing to
pay more. While some view this as a new innovation of the police
to serve the public, others fear that it would be seen as a
commercialization of their public service duty.

To me, and other ordinary people who cannot afford to pay that
much, the system would only make our daily life more insecure.
Logically the police would be more focused on serving those who
pay.

I cannot see this system as an improvement of police security
services for the people at large. On the contrary, this could
mean less service for us and more for panic button subscribers.
Please don't forget, people who do not join the program also pay
taxes. So please serve and protect us too.

DENIS SAPUTRA, Jakarta