TEMPO.CO, Depok - The Depok Police Department has implemented a program including a patrol around campus and police who are concerned about education at the University of Indonesia in Depok.
Depok police chief Sr. Comr. Achmad Kartiko said this patrol is aimed at helping students feel more calm and protected during their studies on campus.
"The educated society is not free from criminal threats or negative impressions," he said.
As many as 14 female police officers will patrol the campus along with the university’s security force on a golf cart that includes police signage. Chief of the Metro Jaya Police Department, Insp. Gen. Putut Eko Bayuseno, said this patrol program would help deter people from committing any violations.
Aside from securing the 350-hectare campus, police have also installed closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) in areas prone to danger around the university’s forests and streets.
A University of Indonesia security guard, Key, said there is an average of seven to eight crimes on campus each month.
"Usually only petty crimes occur, such as thieves stealing bags at the musala (prayer room), thieves on the campus busses, and traffic accidents in the university’s complex," he said.
Based on Tempo’s files, there have been a number of occurrences that have caught the public eye on campus this year. Last April 17, a motorcycle driver, Orfenia (35 years old), died from being smashed by a falling tree. Two days later, a student from the Faculty of Economics, Aradan Trengganala (20 years old) died from being hit by a train near campus.
ILHAM TIRTA
