Jakarta Globe, Bayu Marhaenjati, Dec 23, 2014
Jakarta. The National Police said on Tuesday that they would dispatch no fewer than 80,560 cops to safeguard Christmas and New Year celebrations throughout the country this year as part of their annual Operation Candle.
Officers of the Sidoarjo Police in East Java pray for a successful Operation Candle on Tuesday. (Antara Photo/Suryanto) |
Jakarta. The National Police said on Tuesday that they would dispatch no fewer than 80,560 cops to safeguard Christmas and New Year celebrations throughout the country this year as part of their annual Operation Candle.
During the
operation, which runs from Wednesday until Jan. 2, the police will get help
from the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI), which will dispatch more than 19,500
personnel, and from other agencies, that will make available another 65,000
officers.
The
officers will be stationed at 1,767 security posts and 603 service posts
throughout the country and they will monitor 895 CCTV cameras especially set up
for the operation.
“This
operation consists of preemptive and preventive actions, which are supported by
professional and proportional law enforcement,” Gen. Sutarman, the chief of the
National Police, said on Tuesday in Jakarta.
“We will
secure every place of worship, residential areas, tourism locations, stations,
terminals, ports, airports and also other places where there would be a lot
people gathering for Christmas and New Year celebrations,” he said.
Operation
Candle, Sutarman said, would not only guarantee the safety of the people
celebrating Christmas and New Year, but also make sure that the distribution of
food and fuel is not disrupted.
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