"Creating the Green Police Innovation for the Preservation of the Citarum River, ITB Students Win 1st Place in the POLRI LKTI 2023"
BANDUNG, itb.ac.id – A student of Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) Master’s Program Development Studies, Jaka Ramdani, won 1st place in the National Scientific Writing Competition held by the Indonesian National Police (POLRI) for the general public category. The theme of the competition was "PRECISE POLRI Towards A More Advanced Indonesia."
Jaka received the award directly from the Head of STIK Lemdiklat Polri Inspector General. Pol. Dr. Nico Afinta, S.I.K., S.H., M.H., on Thursday (26/10/2023) at the PTIK Police Science College (STIK), South Jakarta.
In an interview session conducted on Monday (30/10/2023), Jaka shared his work titled "Green Police Innovation through a PRECISION POLRI Lens: Collaboration to Prevent and Take Action on Citarum River Damage."
In his background, Jaka presented a serious picture of the impact of crime on the environment which has reached a critical level. This included the loss of biodiversity and rapid climate change. Jaka detailed the positive efforts of the police from various countries including the prevention and prosecution of environmental crimes as the main pillar of their duties.
One of the concepts that became the focus of his work was the Green Police, which can be adapted by POLRI as a response to the need for innovation in its approach.
"Green Police offers a comprehensive approach that not only focuses on law enforcement but also on the prevention and prosecution of environmental polluters. This cited case studies related to Presidential Regulation Number 15 of 2018 concerning the Acceleration of Control of Pollution and Damage to the Citarum River Watershed," he said.
All of Jaka's works provided an in-depth overview of the Green Police concept in the context of PRESISI (Predictive, Responsible, and Fair Transparency) launched by POLRI. He discussed the strategy, implementation, and relevance of the Green Police in preserving the Citarum River Watershed (DAS).
Furthermore, Jaka also discussed the law enforcement targets set by POLRI, with the hope of achieving zero cases handled by 2025. Seeing this challenge, cross-sector involvement and collaboration, especially by POLRI, is very important.
Using a mixed methods approach, he combined quantitative and qualitative data to analyze POLRI's internal collaboration and also collaborations with external stakeholders in efforts to prevent and act on damage to the Citarum River watershed.
The results of the analysis showed a strong centralized structure within POLRI, with advantages and disadvantages that must be considered to increase effectiveness in the future. These findings provided a clear picture of how POLRI can maximize its organizational structure to achieve the goal of preventing and persecuting against environmental damage in the Citarum watershed.
On an external level, this scientific work highlights the limitations of POLRI's collaboration with external actors, especially local communities and environmental organizations. Social network analysis shows weak interaction networks, emphasizing the need to increase synergy between POLRI and external actors in supporting environmental conservation efforts.
Reporter: Hafsah Restu Nurul Annafi (Urban and Regional Planning 2019)
Translator: Hanna Daniela Ayu (Aerospace Engineering, 2021)
Editor: Kezia Hosana
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