The stereotype of the
Indonesian National Police in the eyes of Indonesian citizens is horrible. Even
though the police should be trusted by the community, what happens is that the
trust is decreasing day by day. It is not something that happens for no reason.
The distrust arises because the police often disappoint the public. Many cases
are not thoroughly investigated, sometimes because of bribes. There is a
saying, "laws blunt up and sharp down." This is evident because many
officials, public figures, or rich people escape punishment because of money.
This makes Indonesians look at them full of distrust. Everything they do always
seems wrong.
People lose confidence
in the police because they are often arbitrary and act rashly in making
decisions. One of the examples is the tragedy of Kanjuruhan. Based on
information circulating, the incident began when Aremania- the Arema fan club- started
taking to the field due to not accepting Arema's loss in the match. They
protested with anarchists and caused a commotion. Because too many people had
descended, the police seemed to have difficulty dealing with it empty-handed.
They sprayed tear gas into the stands, which was an impulsive response. As is
known, tear gas spraying has been banned by Federation Internationale de
Football Association (FIFA), but for some reason, it is still being sprayed by
the police. With that alone, it can be seen that the police are the main cause
of this tragedy. That was indeed the spectators who lit up the case, but the
tragedy was unlikely to happen if the police did not spray the tear gas. Even
if tear gas was needed, it should have been sprayed toward the field where the
anarchist fans are, not toward the stands. They are very wrong if they sprayed
it on the stands with the excuse that other spectators do not come down. The
spray should aim at the field. Otherwise, the spectators will avoid places
where there is tear gas. Nevertheless, the action is still wrong and violates
the rules. In addition, the club and the organizers are also guilty of not
maintaining security and order during the event, and so do the spectators who got chaos. From my perspective, not only the police but the
organizer and the club must also share responsibility for this heartbreaking
tragedy.
The Divisi Humas Polri’s
tweets from 1 October 2022 discuss various cases handled by the police. One of
them is the Kanjuruhan tragedy. They offer their condolences to the deceased
victims and their families, visit the survivors in the hospital, and provide
updates on the actions taken regarding this tragedy and the progress of the
investigation of this case. Alongside that, they also posted about their daily
activity, such as the Zebra Operation 2022, social assistance, greetings for
important days, etc. some cases and news are also posted on that Twitter, such
as Brigadier J’s case, they give some updates about the investigation and let
the public know about the position of suspect FS and his colleague. Other news
and case posted are about the tornado disaster in Ngawi, East Java, and the
trading robot net 89. Of course, all of their posts got responses from
netizens. But rather than being called a response, they received criticism from
netizens. The posts related to Kanjuruhan and Brigadier J tend to get more
comments. The average number of comments is in the hundreds. Even one of them
got more than 3800 comments. For the other topics, the average gets tens to
less than 200 comments. Interestingly, whether in posts about popular cases or
ordinary posts, they always get criticism directed at certain cases. Many
people said it was just an image, even on social assistance posts. Many of
the netizens voiced their concerns in the comment section. They did not even
hesitate to reveal that the police couldn't be trusted. However, behind all
that, we never know; maybe there will still be a positive side of the police
that is not shown to the public.
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