Erika Anindita Dewi, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is aiming to expand its cooperation with the National Police to promote a human-rights approach among police pers

Apriadi Gunawan – Police are urging the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) to resolve a case involving Belawan Police narcotics division chief Adj. Comr.

Five members of the Central Sulawesi Police have tested positive for drugs based on urine tests conducted by the National Narcotics Agency (BNN).

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Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – The limited reshuffle at the National Police headquarters on Monday has immediately attracted the attention of members of the country's political and security circles, as i

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Venidora Oliveira – The National Parliament (NP) approved $28,931 million in the 2016 state budget to improve the welfare of members of the national police force PNTL.

Jayapura – Papua Police chief Insp. Gen.

Jayapura – Police on Wednesday seized ammunition, two government-issued firearms and an airsoft gun from two houses in Sentani, Jayapura regency, Papua.

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Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa – A former Kuta police chief has been demoted for at least a year over a scandal in which a group of Melbourne men were forced by police to pay a bribe after they hi

Reports from Indonesia's Papua province say extra police have been deployed to a part of Puncak Jaya regency where three officers were killed in an attack late last month.

A prominent West Papua independence activist has questioned the credibility of the head of Indonesia's police over claims made against him that were later retracted.

Jakarta – Seven regional top cops have been replaced in a major shake-up of Indonesia's police ranks at the end of 2015, according to a Dec.

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti has apologized for the police's failure to respond to complaints from members of the public.

Jakarta – Indonesian Police Watch (IPW) revealed on Sunday that the number of police injured in 2015 had increased almost 40 percent, stating that the police had been injured in brawls,

Pekanbaru – The Pekanbaru City Police Narcotics Unit has arrested a police officer from the Meranti Islands Regency Police with initials IR on drug trafficking charges.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) has urged the National Police (Polri) encourage police personnel to control their use of firearms while on assignment or off duty, to

Jakarta – A police observer has expressed concern over recent viral videos showing confrontations between police officers and civilians, recommending that the police encourage their fie

Palembang – The Muara Enim Police in South Sumatra have defended personnel involved in a recent shooting that wounded two Indonesian Army (TNI) personnel, arguing that their actions wer

Venidora Oliveira – The Security Sector Project Manager of the United Nation Development Program (UNDP) Naldo Rei said the National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL) has made significant progress in the

Fedina S. Sundaryani – A year-long internal survey conducted by the National Police has concluded that the West Java Police was the best performing provincial police branch among 31 nationwide.

Jakarta – The National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti said on Monday that he removed Adj. Sr. Cmr.

Venidora Oliveira – The Deputy Director of Mahein Foundation (FM), a local NGO that monitors the security and defence sector in Timor-Leste, Joao Almeida Fernandes urges the Community Police (POLKO

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Security forces in Jayapura have launched a manhunt for an unknown assailant who stabbed to death a soldier outside the main military base in the Papuan capital in the e

Jakarta – Indonesia's police chief has revealed that the removal of his controversial chief of detectives was being considered since at least mid-July, following a public spat with a highly regarde

Jakarta – Legislators plan to launch an inquiry into the chief of state-owned port operator Pelindo II in connection with the removal from office of the police general who instigated a corruption p

Jakarta – Loyalists of a police general best known for trying to undermine the national antigraft commission have been removed along with their commander.

Jakarta – There has been a flurry of remonstrations, but tellingly no outright denials, over reports that the controversial police general spearheading the campaign to undermine the antigraft commi

Michael Bachelard – Applying for a job as a policeman in Bali is not as simple as filling in a form. You may need to pay $50,000 or more just to be hired.

Denpasar – Seven Balinese police officers will go on trial for extortion after an investigation confirmed they received a bribe from a group of Australians apprehended after hiring strippers at a b

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa – Kuta's police chief has denied police received a $25,000 bribe to secure the release of a group of Australian men apprehended after they hired strippers at a buck'

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) reported on Monday that from May to August it received several reports of extreme violence perpetrated by officers of

Jakarta – Calls are mounting thick and fast for President Joko Widodo to fire a controversial police general behind an ongoing campaign to undermine the national antigraft commission and its suppor

Jakarta – A number of activists united in the Civil Society Coalition said on Thursday that the National Police had arbitrarily made use of laws to take revenge for the naming of a senior officer,

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The National Police have appointed Insp. Gen. Tito Karnavian, 50, the National Police chief planning assistant, to lead the Jakarta Police. He will replace Insp.

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The National Police have officially issued a decree allowing female police officers to wear the Islamic headscarf, or hijab, with their uniforms.

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A policeman was assaulted and his firearm stolen during a fundraising event in the separatist eastern province of Papua on Thursday, Indonesian police told the Jakarta G

Manokwari – The newly formed West Papua Police are expected to recruit more Papuans as policemen, as part of empowerment program for Papuans.

Venidora Oliveira – The recent incident that took place in Sailari in Baucau District resulting in injuries to six police officers won't affect national security according to the Timorese National

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – A total of 119 police officers have been fired in the past year, but Indonesia's most infamous cop – Insp. Gen. Djoko Susilo – is still on the payroll.

Venidora Oliveira – National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL) members are using service weapons to hunt animals, according to Member of Parliament Ana Ribeiro.

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has approved a nearly 30 percent increase in the operating budget for the National Police next year, to Rp 51.6 trillion ($4.2 billion), wi

Semarang – An activist has urged National Police chief Sutarman to immediately issue a regulation to abolish virginity tests for female police applicants.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Health Minister Nila Moeloek has expressed dismay over the virginity test performed on female police cadets, suggesting that virginity does not reflect a wom

Yuliasri Perdani and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The National Police has confirmed that the virginity test on female cadets is used to measure their physical fitness as well as their

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The National Police have admitted that there is a practice of testing the virginity of women who apply to be police officers.

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Young female police recruits in Indonesia start their careers with what's called the "two-finger test" to assess if they are virgins.

Nivell Rayda & John Curran, Jakarta – It is an ordeal 18-year-old Wina will not soon forget: undressing in front of 20 other women her age as medical staff at a hospital in Bandung,

An officer from the Nduga subprecinct police station in Nduga regency, Papua, First Brig.