'Police must win people's hearts'

'Police must win people's hearts'

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Insp. Gen. Firman Gani, chief of the
South Sulawesi Provincial Police, called on all police personnel
in the province to behave well and improve their public service
to win local people's hearts.

"All police personnel should improve their service to the
public and be committed to upholding the law in an effort to win
the people's hearts. We must be close to the local people because
we cannot be successful in doing our tasks without good
cooperation with them," he said in a gathering with journalists
here on Tuesday.

He said that in Britain police were highly respected because
of their strong commitment to serving the public and upholding
the law.

Firman, who was sworn in recently, replacing Insp. Gen. Sofyan
Jacob, current chief of Jakarta Police, said the police should
also enhance cooperation with the press to give all information
on the police to the public. -- Antara