Civil Service Police Unit

Civil Service Police Unit of Indonesia

Logo of the Civil Service Police Unit (Municipal police) of Indonesia
Agency overview
Formed	3 March 1950
Jurisdiction	Indonesia
Motto	Praja Wibhawa
Minister responsible	Tjahjo Kumolo, Minister of Home Affairs

The Civil Service Police Unit, or in Indonesian known as Satuan Polisi Pamong Praja (Satpol PP), is the Municipal police unit of Indonesia which is under the auspices of the local government and is operated by the Department of Home Affairs.

The Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) and the Indonesian National Police (POLRI) are specifically different. The Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) duties are to assist the local regional head (city and/or state) of the government affairs in the field of Security and Public order which is to enforce regulations of the region. This force is under the Department of Home Affairs.

The Indonesian National Police or POLRI duties are to law enforce, protection and serving of the people, investigation and prevention of crime, control disturbance and social deviation of an area (city, province/state, and country), response for public matters, etc. They are directly under the auspices of the president of the republic of Indonesia and do not represent from a particular governmental ministry/department.

In 2010, a controversial decree by Gamawan Fauzi (the Minister of Home Affairs), allows members of the unit to be armed with gas-powered revolvers or blanks, electric shock sticks, and batons or baton for riot and crowd anticipation.

This unit (Satpol PP) is active in Indonesia and is available in every city or province of the country like the Police and Military.

Duties and Tasks

1. Take action to illegal street vendors, street beggars, and other kinds of problem which disturb the public
2. Take action to illegal residential areas which are not legally permitted by the local city/state government
3. Supervision and security for protocol activities
4. Controlling and supervising points of public entertainment
5. Implementing of the control of public facilities dysfunction
6. Taking action and anticipating massive crowds/riots who are against the order and regulations from the local city/state government
7. Supervision of the public to abide by and comply with local city/area rules and regulations ordered by the head of state
8. Supervising the public by the order of the local head of governmental area
9. etc.

For those who have been accused of the violation of the Indonesian National constitutional laws and regulations are the responsibility of the Indonesian National Police to arrest and take action, which the Civil Service Police Unit responsibility is only to implement the tasks of the regional local government to deal with those who have violated the regulations of the region.

During in many occasions and tasks, usually the Satpol PP and the Police works and enforce law and order together with their own distinguished main tasks and order.