Haeril Halim and Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has told the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police (Polri) to put aside their egos and collaborate to a

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo presided over the 71st anniversary ceremony for the National Police at the National Monument in Central Jakarta on Monday.

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen.

Jakarta – A group of people broke into and damaged parts of the Monas Barat police post in Gambir, Central Jakarta, on Thursday night.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-027-2017

Dear Friends,

Jakarta – National Police spokesman Insp. Gen.

Jakarta – Police in Depok, West Java, have launched a mobile app called "Halo Polisi," which will allow residents to make reports to the police from their phones.

Venidora Oliveira – The Criminal Scientific Investigation Police (PSIK) Unit registered 221 criminal cases in 2016.

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen.

Venidora Oliveira – The National Parliament has established a law making it illegal to carry weapons while inside a vehicle.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papuans have praised National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian for appointing a native to the country's eastern-most region as a police chief in Java.

Venidora Oliveira – Criminal Investigation Service (SIK) registered 4049 criminal cases in 2016.

Venidora Oliveira – Secretary of State for the Socio-Economic Support of Women (SEM) has provided training to policewomen to help improve their leadership and public speaking skills.

Jakarta – The Indonesian police have promised to improve their performance after Transparency International Indonesia, or TII, released a survey naming the police force as the fifth most corrupt in

Venidora Oliveira – A local NGO is concerned that officers from the National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL) are misusing their weapons and not handing in their guns after they finish work as required

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian launched Saturday six phone apps in a package called Smile Police, made by the Central Java Police.

Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police have denied that their peacekeeping force was involved in smuggling weapons from Sudan.

Jakarta – Top cop Gen.

Pekanbaru – After months of questioning, the Riau Police have detained six of their officers suspected of taking part in a brawl with locals in the Meranti Islands of Riau province.

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru, Riau – After months of investigation, six police officers have been arrested and named suspects for allegedly torturing a detainee.

Venidora Oliveira – There are calls for the government to provide more training to Suburban Police (OPS) units to improve their professionalism at a grassroots level.

Jakarta – The Central Java Police Inspectorate is offering Rp 5 million (US$383.88) to anyone who reports illegal levies involving police officers in the province.

Jakarta – The long-overdue reform of the culture within the National Police has not been running effectively in Gen. Tito Karnavian's first 100 days in office, a senior researcher said.

Syamsul Huda M. Suhari, Gorontalo – Four police officers are being questioned by the Gorontalo Police's internal affairs department after they were caught demanding illegal levies from motorists.

Jakarta – The National Police will conduct internal reform in an effort to stamp out the practice of "illegal levies" that continues to plague the institution, a top police officer has said.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The National Police's institutional reform, which is set to be introduced in October by the government should aim to improve the professionalism of the force perso

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The first part of Indonesia's legal reform package, the government is set to introduce in October, will include institutional reforms within the National Police, a

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang – Two policemen from Rote Ndao regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), were reported to the provincial police headquarters for allegedly beating to death a key witness in a mutilati

Jakarta – The National Police's Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) will handle cases of extortion and ethical violations allegedly committed by Bali Police narcotics director Sr. Comr.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-136-2016

Dear Friends,

Jakarta – Attorney General M. Prasetyo has said his office will create a fact-finding team to follow up on allegations that a prosecutor had extorted money from a suspect in a drug case.

Margareth S.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – National Police chief Gen.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Andro Supriyanto, 21, a street performer, recalled the night he spent with his friend in the custody of the Jakarta Police.

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has urged the National Police to investigate the testimony made by the now executed drug lord Freddy Budiman about bribes he allegedly gave

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police on Monday arrested a policeman for allegedly brandished a gun inside a shop in East Jakarta.

Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – National Police chief Tito Karnavian has formed a team to investigate information conveyed by Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) c

Jakarta – The tension between the National Police and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) seems to be easing since the new police chief said he welcomed help from the antigraft body to cond

Ina Parlina and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Gen.

Erika Anindita Dewi, Jakarta – Gen. Badrodin Haiti officially handed over his position of National Police chief to Gen. Tito Karnavian during a transfer of office ceremony on Thursday.

Margareth S.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The House of Representatives having approved counterterrorism chief Comr. Gen.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The House of Representatives officially appointed Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian as the new National Police chief during a plenary meeting on Monday.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Top counterterrorism official Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian on Monday hinted he would conduct a reshuffle soon after he takes over the helm of the National Police.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian will soon be named as the next National Police chief to replace retiring Gen.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Comr. Gen.

Jakarta – Arbitrary arrests of activists and the suppression of free speech in Papua and Jakarta are included in the track record of National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) chief Comr. Gen.

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch has called on National Police chief candidate Comr. Gen.

Margareth S. Aritonang, Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Comr. Gen.

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The nation waits to see how President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will handle the inevitable political furor over who is to take charge of the National Police.