Police plan new system for vehicle documents

Police plan new system for vehicle documents

JAKARTA (JP): Police said yesterday that to reduce the
concentration of services at City Police headquarters, the system
of managing vehicle ownership documents (STNK) and driving
licenses (SIM) will be decentralized.

Deputy chief of the Jakarta City Police Brig. Gen. Hamami Nata
told members of the House of Representatives of Commission I
which oversees foreign affairs, defense and information that the
plan was to go into effect "soon".

As many as 26 House members led by Abu Hasan Sazili, the
commission's vice-chairman of the Golkar faction, visited the
City Police headquarters to observe the procedures of issuing
vehicle ownership documents and driving licenses.

The STNK services for East and North Jakarta will be managed
by the Kebon Nanas police office, East Jakarta, and at the police
office at Jl. Daan Mogot for West and South Jakarta. The Central
Jakarta STNK services will still be managed at the City Police
headquarters, Hamami said.

"SIM decentralization, however, is still in the planning stage
since an adequate site for the handling of the procedures still
has to be found. The current police district offices are
considered inadequate because, for SIM procedures, space for
driving tests and examinations must be provided," Hamami said.

Hamami reported that 190,076 new STNK documents were issued by
the city police from September 1993 to 1994. During the same
period over 1.1 million expired ones were extended.

The number of STNKs issued increased in the following year. In
1994 to 1995 (up to end August) 242,048 new STNKs were issued and
143,329 old ones extended. Up to the end of August this year 1.18
million STNK documents were extended under a new system of
"legitimation" which only requires that old documents be stamped
every year for extension. The legitimation system started in
September last year.

"The city police handed over Rp 249.5 billion (US$11.34
million) to National Police headquarters and the City
Administration from 1993 to 1994, just from the STNK service
payments from the public," Hamami said.

According to Hamami, the Jakarta governor had agreed to the
decentralization system and was planning to build an eight floor
building on Jl. Daan Mogot, West Jakarta, to handle the West
Jakarta and South Jakarta services.

According to the vice-chairman of the City Revenue Office,
Sueb Nuhung, the building which is at present being constructed
will be used for both the STNK services and the West Jakarta
Revenue Office.

"The building will be completed in 1998 but will start to be
used next year when four floors are finished," Sueb said.

Police data show that the number of new driving licenses
issued by the City Police reached 455,173 in 1992; 498,998 in
1993; 487,265 in 1994, and 219,539 up to August this year.

Commenting on the decentralization plan, House member BN
Marbun, the commission's vice chairman from the Indonesian
Democratic Party faction, said the need for such a system was
very urgent considering the rapid growth of Jakarta's population.

"The plan is very logical given the population of Jakarta and
surrounding areas, which has reached 10 million," he said.

"The decentralization system is also efficient. People do not
need to come from all over Jakarta to the City Police
headquarters to have their driving licenses or vehicle ownership
documents processed," Marbun said. (01)