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Attacks on Indonesian Police Increasing as Public Anger Grows: Report
Daniel Powell | February 16, 2012

Attacks against police by angry crowds are increasing as public frustration with law enforcement grows, a report said on Thursday. (AFP File Photo) Attacks against police by angry crowds are increasing as public frustration with law enforcement grows, a report said on Thursday. (AFP File Photo)
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marko1
9:41pm Feb 16, 2012

No surprize here....writting on the wall except SBY and clan in denial....

didikarjadi
9:33pm Feb 16, 2012

DD - I think so too. The whole house of cards is collapsing around the Joker in the pack.

DrDez
8:24pm Feb 16, 2012

The wave.... is coming

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Rising numbers of attacks on Indonesian police and police stations are the direct result of officer brutality, corruption, arrogance and lack of accountability, according to a report released on Thursday by the International Crisis Group.

Titled “Indonesia: The High Cost of Poor Policing,” the report draws on recent crowd attacks on police across the country to paint a damning picture of a force that is out of touch with and seemingly above the law of the citizens it is charged with protecting, despite years of spending on community policing programs by the government.

The report focuses on three recent attacks on law enforcement officers and precinct houses — out of a purported 40 incidents since August 2010 — in Central Sulawesi, South Sulawesi and Riau.

The report details trivial arrests, beatings at the hands of police and the deadly shooting of seven men in Buol, Central Sulawesi, during a protest against the death of a teenager in custody.

“These incidents are emblematic of a much broader problem; the Indonesian government should stop treating them as isolated incidents,” said Jim Della-Giacoma, Crisis Group’s Southeast Asia project director, in a press release announcing the report.

“They represent a systemic failure that will encourage further deadly violence unless the underlying causes of community hostility are addressed.”

Community policing programs pushed by the government in recent years are criticized as ineffectual at the local level in the report. “Applicants join the police to wield power and earn money, and once on the force, there are few incentives, financial or professional, to build rapport with the communities they are supposed to serve,” it reads in one portion.

“The cure is not more pilot projects in community policing but systematic reform in recruitment and training, use of force and handling of firearms, and above all, accountability,” said Achmad Sukarsono, Crisis Group analyst. “Police are supposed to be helping prevent conflict, but too often they are contributing to its outbreak.”