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East Jakarta to step up community patrols
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Jakarta Police officers hold confiscated weapons allegedly used during brawls on March 5-6 between residents of Manggarai, South Jakarta, and Tambak, Central Jakarta. (Warta Kota/Gopis Simatupang)
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n a bid to prevent deadly street brawls in East Jakarta, the municipality has suggested community patrols (Siskamling) be increased.
East Jakarta Mayor Bambang Musyawardana said Thursday that he had told district and subdistrict heads to execute the policy at the community level.
He added that the municipality had coordinated with the East Jakarta Police and the district military command in relation to the policy.
Bambang mentioned several areas that were prone to street brawls and needed extra supervision, including Jl. I Gusti Ngurah Rai in Duren Sawit and Klender.
"There have been no further street brawls in Klender since officers started monitoring the area," he said as quoted by beritajakarta.id.
In February, a recording of students brawling in East Jakarta went viral on social media. The brawl, which took place on Feb. 14, allegedly involved 17 students from SMK Budi Murni 4 and six students from SMK Bunda Kandung fighting with 18 students from SMK Adi Luhur 2. A student from SMK Bunda Kandung was killed in the brawl. (idb)
