Rp 5.4b for training civilian police

Rp 5.4b for training civilian police

JAKARTA: The city administration has allocated a whopping Rp
5.4 billion this year to provide training for its civilian police
assistants.

Newly appointed head of the City Public Order Agency Soebagio
said the expensive training was part of administration efforts to
boost the capability of its assistants.

"We will also recruit new assistants gradually this year to
complement the existing 3,000 public order officers," said
Soebagio.

The recruitment of new police assistants comes hot on the
heels of an incident last weekend in which a woman was raped by
two police assistants in the Central Jakarta Municipality office.

Commenting on the incident, Soebagio merely said, "We have
dismissed them." --JP