National Police chief Gen. Idham Azis signed the regulation on private security guards (Pam Swakarsa) on Aug 5, stipulating the uniform change. Private security guards, who previously wore white uniforms for day guards and navy blue uniforms for night guards, will be required to wear five kinds of brown uniform.

“In accordance with National Police Chief Regulation No. 4/2020 on private security, there will be a change in the color of the guards’ uniforms,” National Police spokesperson Brig. Gen. Awi Setiyono told tempo.co on Monday.

The regulation also adds badges to the shoulder part of the uniform to display the officer's rank. The badges will display white triangles for officers, red for managers and yellow for supervisors, with the number of triangles ranging from one to three depending on their rank.

Awi said changing the uniform’s color to brown, similar to that of the police, was meant to symbolize “closeness” between private security officers and police officers.

“[This is to] honor the security guard profession and ignite their pride as those who carry out the limited function of the police," he said.

The regulation states that private security companies will have one year to implement the uniform change. Officers that violate the uniform provisions will receive a warning letter from the police and will have their license revoked if they are found to have violated the regulation three times.

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