Police's assistant program ends

JAKARTA (JP): About 50 house foundations were laid and hundreds of people received free medical treatment during the police's two-week civic mission which ended yesterday.

The second Bhakti Bhayangkara Jaya program also saw police and locals pour 1,000 meters of concrete alleys and renovate public toilets, houses of worship, local administration offices, security centers and other buildings.

The program cost about Rp 400 million (US$166,666).

The Dharmais hospital provided free health care under the program, including harelip operations for 20 people, cataract surgery for nine people and circumcisions for 80 children.

City Police Chief Maj. Gen. Hamami Nata marked the end of the program by checking the improvements in Cakung, East Jakarta.

Hamami said the program proved that community spirit and police and community cooperation was alive and well.

"Both the residents and police officers worked shoulder-to- shoulder on the projects," Hamami said.

Hundreds of police joined the program in eight areas in Jakarta, Tangerang, Depok and Bekasi.

The first program in November cost about Rp 100 million. (04)