Improving the Integrity of the Police
The National Police (Polri) are deemed to have good social capital, as 62.1 percent of respondents to an opinion poll conducted by Kompas recently believed that the police had a relatively good public image.
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Motorcyclists stop by the roadside in front of a billboard marking the 74th anniversary of Bhayangkara (National Police) Day outside the Jakarta Metropolitan Police headquarters on Tuesday (30/6/2020). National Police Day, which falls on 1 July, commemorates the founding of the Indonesian National Police under Presidential Regulation No. 11/1946.
The National Police (Polri) are deemed to have good social capital, as 62.1 percent of respondents to an opinion poll conducted by Kompas recently believed that the police had a relatively good public image. However, the National Police need to seriously improve their integrity.
The survey, conducted on June 23-25, 2020 indicated that young millennials (under 30 years old) are among the most skeptical group of respondents. For example, this group of respondents, the largest compared to the older millennial age group (31-40), generation X (41-52), and baby boomers (over 53 years), which agreed to the perception that "the police are easily bribed".