Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police's Criminal Investigation Department revealed that North Sumatra has the highest number of drug cases in Indonesia.

Oyuk Ivani Siagian, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police (Polri) will work with online transportation service providers to integrate a new security complaint feature into their appl

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – The Coordinating Minister for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, floats the opportunity to change the Indonesian N

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto reminded law enforcement institutions, including the Attorney General's Office and the National Police, not to fabricate or crimi

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – The National Police have named Lisa Mariana, a social media personality who claimed to have been impregnated by former West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil,

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Three Australians accused of fatally shooting a fellow countryman in Badung regency, Bali, earlier this year, have been charged with premeditated murder.

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Indonesia's Aceh Regional Police has established 94 drug-free villages (KBDN) across all regencies and cities.

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – The Inspector General of the Jakarta Metro Police, Asep Edi Suheri, announced a major collaborative effort to maintain security and public order in the capita

Jakarta – The Jakarta Metro Jaya Regional Police (Polda Metro Jaya) is collaborating with a number of social or mass organisations (ormas) to help maintain security and order in Jakarta

Mohamad Bintang Pamungkas, Jakarta – Mobile coffee sellers in Jakarta now have a new role as part of the city's security strategy.

Michael Rose – Two decades after Timor-Leste gained its independence, the country is a complicated and qualified success story.

Jakarta – We welcome the police reform agenda recently announced by both President Prabowo Subianto and National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo.

Perdian Tumanan (The Conversation) – The death of 21-year-old online transportation service (ojol) driver Affan Kurniawan, who was crushed by a Barracuda armored police vehicle during a

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has exposed the recurrence of violent practices carried out by law enforcement officers during the handling

Jakarta – Hoping for reforms in the Police is like waiting for the cows to come home.

Dayat, Jakarta – Jakarta Police are offering a Rp500,000 ($30) bonus to ride-hailing motorcycle drivers who provide verified reports of street crimes in the capital, aiming to strengthe

Firda Amalia Putri and Iim Halimatusa'diyah – Violence is a persistent problem in the Indonesian police force.

Roy Adriansyah, Salman Mardira, Jakarta – Mounting public complaints over the misuse of sirens and strobe lights have prompted both the House of Representatives and the police to act, w

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – General Agus Subiyanto, the Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI), has voiced the same frustrations as the public regarding the widespr

Roy Adriansyah, Jakarta – Indonesia's traffic police chief has announced a temporary suspension on the use of strobe lights and sirens by police escort vehicles, responding to widesprea

Agnes Valentina Christa, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has asked several prominent figures, including former Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Moha

Hanin Marwah, Jakarta – A recent survey by the Indonesia's Setara Institute revealed that most experts consider public trust in the Indonesian National Police to be poor.

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition is demanding that Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto be serious about reforming the Indonesian National Police (Polri).

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Dozens of demonstrators gathered in front of the Parliament Building in Jakarta on Monday, September 15, 2025, voicing concerns over several policing is

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – The Jakarta Metro Police have deployed 4,562 personnel to secure a protest in front of the Parliament building, which is expected to draw thousands of p

Antara, Jakarta – The State Secretary Minister (Mensesneg) Prasetyo Hadi denied rumors stating that Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto had sent a presidential letter (surpres) for th

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police (Polri) is once again under public scrutiny, with growing calls for reform due to cases of police violence and weak oversigh

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto is planning to set up a new commission dedicated to driving reforms in the police force, according to a group of public fi

Jakarta – Crime syndicates may be setting up a scam centre in Asia's youngest nation, East Timor, the United Nations said on Thursday, as a multibillion-dollar online fraudindustry spre

Andrew Tito, Jakarta – Indonesian military police have detained an Army corporal accused of acting as a go-between in the abduction and killing of a state-owned bank branch manager, a c

Oyuk Ivani Siagian, Jakarta – The Jakarta Metro Police will deploy 256 personnel for a large-scale patrol in the city this afternoon, Friday, September 12, 2025.

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) is urging President Prabowo Subianto to immediately dismiss National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo.

Oyuk Ivani Siagian, Jakarta – Indonesia's East Jakarta Metropolitan Police have named 12 suspects in the looting of the home of inactive House of Representatives (DPR) member Surya Utam

Oyuk Ivani Siagian, Jakarta – The Jakarta Metropolitan Police have intensified large-scale patrols following incidents of vandalism and unrest during protests that have taken place sinc

Maretha Uli, Jakarta – An ethics probe has recommended that the National Police pursue criminal charges against seven Mobile Brigade (Brimob) officers on board a tactical vehicle that h

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – A low-ranking police officer who drove an armored vehicle that killed a motorcycle taxi driver during protests in Jakarta has escaped dismissal.

Panji Satrio, Medan – Convicted business tycoon Adelin Lis, long notorious for illegal logging in North Sumatra, has repaid the Indonesian government the equivalent of $9.3 million, the

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – A mid-ranking Indonesian police officer has been dismissed after an internal ethics tribunal found him guilty in connection with the death of a motorcyc

Aniello Iannone (The Conversation) – The hashtag #PolisiMusuhBersama (Police are the common enemy) has gone viral among social media users as the National Police have once again sparked

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto's plan to promote police officers injured during recent protests has sparked criticism from the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has acknowledged that police officers sometimes make mistakes while enforcing the law, which can lead to casualties during demons

Andrew Tito, Jakarta – Indonesian police said Monday that the security situation in Jakarta and other regions has returned to "conducive" levels after a week of violent demonstrations,

Salsabilla Azzahra Octavia, Jakarta – Motorcycle taxi driver Affan Kurniawan was killed in the midst of a protest in Jakarta on Thursday, August 28, 2025, when he was run over by a tact

Jack Moore – Viral footage of a tactical van crashing into a young delivery driver in Indonesia's capital before rolling over his body has sparked renewed anger against a police force l

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The tactical vehicles owned by the Police Mobile Brigade Corps (Brimob) have come under scrutiny following the death of an online motorcycle taxi (ojol) drive

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – Forum Indonesia for Budget Transparency (Fitra) criticized the massive budget allocated for the procurement of crowd control equipment by authorities, noting

Jakarta – There are signs that relations between the Police and the Attorney General's Office (AGO) are not good.

Jakarta – Anybody concluding that the death of Arya Daru Pangayunan, a young diplomat from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was by suicide is being too hasty or intentionally cutting co

Juan Ardya Guardiola, Jakarta – Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) on Wednesday alleged that a member of the National Police's elite counterterrorism unit, Detachment 88, was abducted and tor

Ni Komang Erviani, Jakarta – Two foreign tourists have been arrested for two alleged robberies targeting money changers on the resort island of Bali.