Two city policewomen promoted

JAKARTA (JP): City police set a new precedent yesterday with the installation of two policewomen as deputies to the chiefs of police subprecincts.

"It's the first time that Jakarta has policewomen as police chief deputies," said City Police spokesman Lt. Col. Iman Haryatna.

The two policewomen, Capt. Nurhayati, 37, and Capt. Titi Valentine, 38, were promoted as police chief deputies at the Pancoran police subprecinct in South Jakarta and Ciracas police subprecinct in East Jakarta respectively.

The city currently has around 50 police subprecincts, all of which are led by male officers.

"There's no sex discrimination in the police force," said Iman. "Those who are appointed have taken a series of tests," he added.

No information was immediately available on Titi.

Nurhayati, who is married to a banker, has spent most of her early career working at the Kalimantan and Jakarta traffic police divisions. She took a traffic course in the Netherlands in 1990. Her latest occupation is at the City Police Information Agency as one of Iman's staff.

Among some of the tasks performed by a deputy to head of a police subprecinct are the monitoring of personnel and taking over the chief's position when the latter is absent or off duty. (bsr)