Police get U.S. detector

Police get U.S. detector

ID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya

The United States gave 60 metal detectors and 25 mirror detectors
to police in Surabaya, East Java, on Thursday in an effort to
prevent possible terrorist attacks in the country's second
biggest city.

The assistance was handed over by U.S. Consul General Philip
Antwheller to Surabaya Police chief Sr. Comr. Ade Raharja two
days after a powerful hotel bomb killed at least 10 people in
Jakarta on Tuesday.

Adj. Sr. Comr. Sumarsono, operations division chief of the
local police, said the assistance would help security forces
anticipate all kinds of terror attacks in Surabaya.

It was an expression by the American government of gratitude
for the Surabaya police's capability in maintaining peace in the
city, he added.

Sumarsono said his office would distribute the detectors to
police precincts and subprecincts across Surabaya.

"Every precinct will receive four metal detectors and four
mirror detectors, while 23 subprecints will get two metal
detectors each," he said.

Ade Raharja said his office would deploy more police personnel
to increase security in Surabaya following the JW Marriott Hotel
blast.

After Thursday's ceremony, in which he received the detector
assistance, the Surabaya Police chief briefed chief security
guards of hotels in the city on how to prevent terror attacks.