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| The Civil Service Police Unit |
The Civil Service Police Unit, or in Indonesian Satuan Polisi Pamong Praja (Satpol PP),
is an Indonesian local governmental law-enforcement body operated by the Department of Home Affairs (Depatemen Dalam Negeri). Its members are known as
"public order officers" or "local municipal officers".
The
Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) and the Indonesian National Police (POLRI) are specifically different. The Civil Service
Police Unit (Satpol PP) duties are to assist the local regional head
(city and/or state) of the government affairs in the field of Security and
Public Order which is to enforce regulations of the region, they are under the Department of Home Affairs. The Indonesian National Police or POLRI
duties are to law enforce, protection and serving of the people, investigation
and prevention of crime, control disturbance and social deviation of an area
(city, province/state, and country), response for public matters, etc, they are
directly under the auspices of the president of the republic of Indonesia and
do not represent from a particular governmental ministry/department.
This
Law Enforcement is active in Indonesia and is available in every city or province of the
country like the Police and Military. The Indonesian Civil Service Police Unit
or in Indonesian
known as Satuan Polisi Pamong Praja
(Satpol PP) duties are:
1.
Take action
to illegal street vendors, street beggars, and other kinds of problem which
disturb the public condition
2.
Take action
to illegal residential areas which are not legally agreed by the city mayor
3.
Supervision
and security for protocol activities
4.
Controlling
and supervising points of public entertainment
5.
Implementing
of the control of government and public facilities dysfunction
6.
Taking action
and anticipating massive crowds/riots who are against the order and regulations
from the city mayor
7.
Supervision
of the public to abide by and comply with local city/area rules and regulations
ordered by the city mayor
8.
Supervising
the public by the order of the local city mayor
9.
etc
For those who have been
accused of the violation of the Indonesian National constitutional laws and
regulations are the responsibility of the National Police to arrest and take
action, which the Civil Service Police Unit responsibility is only to implement
the tasks of the regional local government to deal with those who have violated
the regulations of the region.
