Police posts built for New Year's check

Police posts built for New Year's check

JAKARTA: City Police erected 41 police posts in strategic
places across the capital to regulate traffic during the New
Year's Eve celebration as a measure to uphold security.

"Those posts are meant to take sterner measures against those
violating traffic regulation and thus harm their own safety or
public safety during the celebration," City Police Traffic
Division Chief Sr. Comr. Sulistyo Ishak told reporters over the
weekend.

Violations which are a common sight during New Year's Eve are
include dozens of revelers in the back of open trucks or on
vehicle roofs.

Most of the posts will be at strategic places including the
Senayan sports stadium, the Semanggi flyover, the Hotel Indonesia
traffic circle, Harmoni and Ancol Dreamland Park, in addition to
intersections near the Coca Cola plant in North Jakarta, Jl.
Pramuka, Kemayoran, Gunung Sahari, Pulo Gadung industrial estate.

Police will deploy two thirds of its total forces, comprising
over than 15,000 police officers to secure the celebration across
the city.--JP