Tourist police squad set up

Tourist police squad set up

JAKARTA (JP): National Police Chief Lt. Gen. Dibyo Widodo
inaugurated a tourist police unit, called "Polisi Pariwisata"
(Police for Tourists), yesterday at the Jakarta Police
headquarters.

Dibyo said 70 police officers who had been taught English
would be placed in city tourist destinations, hotels and
airports.

"We will also arrange a similar unit in the country's tourist
spots, like in Yogyakarta and Bali. Jakarta is a pilot project,"
Dibyo said after inaugurating the unit.

He said the officers were taught not only self-defense but
also local culture in the hope they could explain anything
relating to culture to tourists.

"By setting up the unit, we want to support the development of
tourism which has became a priority in national development," he
said.

The unit, which is led by Maj. Nur Usman, is equipped with
cars and motorcycles. The picture shows two tourist policewomen
on duty. (jun)