National Police Ready to Implement Recommendations from Police Reform Acceleration Commission

President Prabowo Subianto meets with the Police Reform Acceleration Commission at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Tuesday (05/05). (Photo by: BPMI of Presidential Secretariat)

Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo Tuesday (05/05) reaffirmed his commitment to promptly implementing all recommendations on police reform following the meeting with President Prabowo Subianto and the National Police Reform Acceleration Commission (KPRP) at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta.

According to Listyo, the meeting mainly reviewed the commission’s findings and outlined the future course of police reform, particularly strengthening governance and institutional oversight within the National Police.

“The National Police will promptly act on the recommendations that we believe can further strengthen our institution,” he told reporters, adding that the National Police is prepared to implement the recommended measures in stages.

The Police Chief also pointed out that among the top priority agendas are efforts to strengthen the National Police Commission (Kompolnas) and to coordinate with relevant ministries in following up on the placement of police personnel in positions outside the National Police’s organizational structure.

“Strengthening the Kompolnas is certainly one of the steps that we will soon take. We will soon hold a meeting with Coordinating Minister of Law to discuss the placement of police personnel in posts outside our organizational structure,” he said.

Listyo further stated that the National Police has drawn up a reform roadmap divided into short-, medium-, and long-term phases as part of efforts to strengthen institutional governance.

“As for governance issues, we have formulated the short-term, medium-term, and long-term strategies. In principle, the National Police accept the recommendations from the National Police Reform Acceleration Commission and will shortly take follow-up actions,” he remarked.

This quick response strongly indicates that the police reform agenda has now moved into a new phase, shifting from the merely drafting recommendations to beginning concrete implementation on the ground. (BPMI of Presidential Secretariat) (DH/EP)