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he Jakarta administration, the Jakarta Police and the Jakarta Military Command are set to increase cooperative efforts among themselves in order to better secure Jakarta following the deadly terrorist attack on the city'€™s main thoroughfare last Thursday.

The carnage resulted in the death of four civilians. All four attackers died after setting off suicide bombs or being shot dead by the police.

The horrific attack took place at a Starbucks coffee shop in Menara Cakrawala and on Jl. MH Thamrin in Central Jakarta.

Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Tito Karnavian said that the police were currently cracking down on groups linked to the attack. Tito said that the police would increase monitoring in neighborhoods across the city, especially in rented homes and boarding houses.

'€œWe will increase and improve the role of Babinkamtibmas [police officers assigned to villages as advisors on security and public order] to keep an eye on residents. The police need to cooperate with the city administration to make regular checks on rental homes and boarding rooms,'€ Tito told reporters after a monthly ceremony at the National Monument (Monas), on Monday.

Last Friday after the attack, the Jakarta Police raided two houses in the Meruya Utara subdistrict in West Jakarta, where two of the attackers had been living. Late last year, the police also raided a rented home and a boarding house in Bekasi, West Java, where they also arrested two suspected terrorists, one of whom was a foreigner.

According to Indonesia Police Chief Regulation No. 3/2014 on community policing, Babinkamtibmas officers are tasked with guiding residents to positive activities and helping them maintain security in their areas. In order to do their job, the officers are obligated to visit all houses in their area of work in order to introduce themselves and meet with the residents.

'€œMonitoring needs to start at the local level. It is important that we make sure the Babinkamtibmas are effective in doing their job,'€ Tito said.

Tito further explained that shopping centers and management at private buildings were expected to increase security in their areas and to make sure to check all visitors thoroughly.

Furthermore, Governor Basuki '€œAhok'€ Tjahaja Purnama said that he would mobilize all subdistrict and community and neighborhood (RT and RW) leaders to keep an eye on their residents.

'€œRT and RW leaders must know all their residents. They should not be ignorant, they should know everything that'€™s going on in their neighborhood,'€ Ahok said during the same occasion.

He said that he had instructed all mayors and district heads to report any subdistrict head or RT and RW head lacking in knowledge of their residents. He further urged all residents to report any suspicious activity in their neighborhood to RT and RW management or to the city administration through the Qlue smartphone application.

'€œResidents should report suspicious neighbors and we will make sure to check with police and military personnel,'€ Ahok said.