“I will ask district police chiefs to interact more with the public and urge them to engage in intensive dialogue with people as well,” Tito said in Jakarta on Friday.

Tito said intensive communication between the police and society was key for the police force to attain greater understanding of the people's needs and to maximize efforts to serve the public.

He further said it was particularly important to boost the public’s trust toward the police force because people tended to distrust the police on account of a string of incidents.

Tito asserted that the police should make better use of social media, as many people expressed their sentiments toward government officials through that platform.

Tito gave his statements during a commemoration of the 70th National Police Day at the National Police headquarters in Jakarta, during which the current police chief, Gen. Badrodin Haiti, who is scheduled to retire later July, gave a farewell speech.

Currently serving as the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) chief, Tito is the youngest three-star rank police general entrusted to take the helm of the National Police. He is the sole candidate favored by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to succeed Badrodin. (ebf)

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