Jakarta – Kapolri Gen. Pol Listyo Sigit Prabowo attended a cross-sectoral meeting of ministries/agencies, in the framework of preparing for security and guarding the Christmas and New Year celebrations (Nataru) at the National Police Headquarters, South Jakarta, Friday, (16/12).
“This afternoon we all discussed starting from how to prepare road infrastructure so that the year-end homecoming can go well, as it was previously held on Eid Al-Fitr and hopefully this time it will be even better,” said the Kapolri starting his presentation.
The Kapolri emphasized that the police together with relevant stakeholders will work hard in creating and realizing a sense of security and comfort for the people celebrating Christmas and New Year.
In order to realize this, the Kapolri stated, the police would prepare security posts, integrated services and synergies with all related parties.
“Then also to ensure that people can really feel safe and comfortable. Of course we also set up service posts. Good, security posts, service posts to integrated posts. In which all relevant stakeholders are complete to work together in the field, ” said the Kapolri.
With this post, it is hoped that it can anticipate the occurrence of traffic jams that occur during the Nataru moment. Then, prevent the scarcity of fuel oil (BBM). Also, officers can move quickly to help the community if there are incidents that occur in the field.
In addition to security, the Kapolri emphasized that all cross-sectoral sectors will also prepare infrastructure to support community activities that celebrate Christmas and New Year.
Given that based on data from the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub), at Christmas and New Year it is predicted that as many as 44 million people will travel.
“Because based on data from the Ministry of Transportation there will be an increase of 44 million people who will carry out mobility. It also needs preparation,” he said.
On the other hand, to create a sense of security and comfort for the community, the Kapolri said, deploying 166 thousand joint personnel to secure Christmas and New Year.
“I think overall 166 thousand people will be deployed to carry out security activities,” he said.
The Kapolri also added, in order to ensure Nataru’s safety, the police will hold a candle operation which will last for approximately 11 days.
“We will hold the title on the 22nd or 23rd (December) until the 3rd (January),” he added.
The Kapolri said, in this cross-sectoral, the police, ministries and agencies agreed to work together and work together in providing a sense of security and comfort for the entire community.
“Of course we will all try our best so that all series of activities and community activities at the end of the year can all go well,” concluded the Kapolri. bembo
