Police offer rapid response service

JAKARTA: In an effort to improve services to the public, the city police have vowed to respond to every public crime report within 15 minutes and provide 36 telephone channels as part of their rapid response service.

City police spokesman Sr. Comr. Prasetyo told the media on Tuesday that the public could submit crime reports via the police free telephone number 112, which has 31 channels and is available 24 hours per day.

He said that the police had also increased their patrols in public and entertainment places, particularly during the Idul Fitri, Christmas and New Year festivities.

According to him, the police had mobilized some 14,000 officers to secure the holidays.

He said that crimes had decreased, particularly from Nov. 28 to Dec. 5, thanks to police security measures. "Compared with last year, criminal cases during the festivities this year dropped significantly," he was quoted by Antara as saying.--JP