Yogya forms community policing

Yogya forms community policing

YOGYAKARTA: The Yogyakarta government, in cooperation with the
Yogyakarta police, established on Wednesday the Malioboro
Community-Oriented Policing (COP) unit.

The unit will have 50 members selected from among parking
attendants, petty traders, pedicab drivers and other members of
community earning their living along Jl. Malioboro in the heart
of Yogyakarta. They will be given policing courses before they
start performing their duties -- mostly concerned with ensuring
security and cleanliness on Jl. Malioboro, which is a favorite
spot for both foreign and domestic tourists alike.

Yogyakarta Municipal Police chief Sr. Comr. Condro Kirono
said that the presence of the COP members would be a great help
for the police in ensuring security along Jl. Malioboro.

COP spokesman Paul Zulkarnaen said that the COP members would
receive Rp 10,000 (US$1.1) a day from the Yogyakarta municipal
government. -- JP