Markus Junianto Sihaloho – House Commission III members came out on Monday in support of National Police chief Timur Pradopo's decision to allow female police officers to wear a jilbab,

Venidora Oliveira – The General Commander of the PNTL threatened to dismiss any police officers still involved in martial arts groups.

Security sectory monitoring NGO, Fundasaun Mahein says that "the recent increase in violence and crime in Timor-Leste reflects a growing effort by organized crime to recruit Timorese fo

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Jakarta – A 17-year-old boy accused of stealing a motorcycle in Toboali, South Bangka, has claimed that five police investigators gave him electric shocks during questioning at the Sout

Jakarta – The National Police intends to crack down on the illegal possession of firearms nationwide to prevent the illegal distribution of arms.

Jose Sarito Amaral, Dili – The East Timor National Parliament urges its government to immediately complete the investigation over the procurement of 77 MP1-V2 firearms from an Indonesia

Amir Tedjo, Surabaya – The death of a drug suspect during an allegedly brutal interrogation by Sawahan Police on April 1 has cast a light on what human rights groups call the widespread

With fresh police officers hitting the beat just seven months after graduating from high school, it's no wonder some behave childishly, according to the force's top brass.

Ina Parlina and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Four candidates for the National Police chief position, including a former adjutant of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, have submitted inc

The National Police top brass waded into a row in Semarang on Thursday after 50 officers from its specialist unit, the Mobile Brigade, were found to have visited a Central Java police s

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The National Police have handed down a lenient punishment to Comr.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) stepped up its drive against drug trafficking and rounded up police personnel and Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers susp

The East Timor police have provided training to village community police in two Districts – Cova Lima and Liquisa – that focused on working with the community to provide security in the

The issue of the procurement of guns for the East Timor police service continues to dog the government with the country's peak security monitoring NGO, Fundasaun Mahein, calling on the

Farouk Arnaz – Mobs burned two police stations to the ground in South Sumatra following the fatal shooting of a man suspected of theft, police said on Wednesday.

Fikri Zaki Muhammadi, Jakarta – The West Jakarta District Court handed Hercules Rozario Marshal a mere four-month prison term on Tuesday for multiple charges as no incriminating witness

Bagus BT Saragih and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono praised the National Police for their outstanding performance in enforcing the law and maintaining securit

Rizky Amelia – Indonesia Police Watch says relations between the police and the public are deteriorating and have called on the government to take urgent action.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A study by the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has found that the number of cases of torture committed by members of the National

The Dili District Court (TDD) has sentenced police officer Mariano da Silva to 16 years jail after finding him guilty of shooting dead Armindo Pereira soares in Hera on June 16, 2012.

Fundasaun Mahein has raised questions about the process of purchasing guns for the PNTL from Indonesia last year.

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The Timor-Leste Defence Force Chief, Major General Lere Anan Timur, has called on the defence and security institutions in the country to obey by the country's rule of law following a s

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The brouhaha over the National Police's ban on the hijab (headscarf) is about to get political with the House of Representatives' Commission III on human rig

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Muslim and human rights groups called on National Police chief Gen. Timur Pradopo to revoke a 2005 ban on hijabs in the police corps.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The country's oldest Islamic party has a bee in its bonnet about a prohibition on female police officers wearing an Islamic headscarf, or jilbab.

National Police chief Gen. Timur Pradopo has decided to replace 76 middle- and top-ranking officials within the National Police, citing tours of duty as the sole reason.

The National Parliament of East Timor has voted in favour of ordering a review of excessive use of force within the national police force after a violent attack on a youth and member of

SP/Fana FS Putra – A woman accused of stealing two BlackBerry cellphones was assaulted before being stripped bare and shaved bald in another instance of vigilante justice in Jakarta on

Yuliasri Perdani – Fourteen years after being separated from the Indonesian Military (TNI), the National Police remains one of the few state institutions untouched by reform.

Dubious bank accounts worth more than Rp 1 trillion (US$103 million) allegedly owned by a low-ranking Papua Police officer are the latest specimens of how deep the roots of corruption r

Bagus BT Saragih and Arya Dipa, Jakarta, Bandung – The National Police displayed an arrogant disregard of the law by protecting graft convict and former National Police detectives chief

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – The Central Java Police have started intensifying raids on preman (local term for thugs), through all the police precincts in its jurisdiction but deny that the

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The alarming move toward street justice appears likely to continue, with a new survey finding 57 percent of the public were dissatisfied with law enforcement in the country.

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National Police chief Gen. Timur Pradopo has promoted Insp. Gen. Saud Usman Nasution and Brig. Gen.

SP/Erwin Sihombing – In the first three months of this year, a total of 13 police officers fell victim to violence, the Indonesia Police Watch chairman said on Monday, just days after t

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A police station commander in Simalungun, Sumatera Utara, has been beaten to death by a mob during a vice raid, police have said.

Jakarta – The National Police on Tuesday revealed a major reshuffle involving two regional police chiefs who have been in the hot seat over the past few weeks over corruption and human

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Victims of alleged police brutality condemned Saturday's shootings of unarmed residents at Barumun police subprecinct in Padang Lawas, North Sumatra.

A video depicting ill-treatment and excessive use of force by police officers has recently been released to the public.

Jakarta – The National Police on Friday defended their plan to spend Rp 1.366 trillion (US$140 million) for a number of procurements including the purchase of seven horses and 90 dogs t

The National Police Commission has criticized law enforcers' recent naming of a woman as a suspect in a traffic accident in Banyumas, Central Java, that killed her 11-year-old daughter

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police cut some 300 rogue police officers from its ranks in 2012 as part of an effort to curb corruption in the department.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) claims that a lack of professionalism within the National Police contributed to the deaths of 29 officers who were killed in

Jakarta – Police and military personnel engaged in a gunfight on Wednesday with an unidentified armed group in Indawa village, Lany Jaya, Papua, while en route to Pirime to investigate

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Amid their efforts to curb gun violence in the city, the Jakarta Police arrested on Monday two of its former officers for allegedly supplying weapons used in a series of robberies in Ja