Recently, criticism on the performance of police in Papua appears again in the headlines of national mass media. Massive riots in Timika, especially around mining concession area of Freeport, triggering the issue. Some analysisi even came to the conclusion that the upheaval reaffirm the failures of Indonesian government and security forces, especially police, to enforce law within the frame of human rights and social justice in Papua. Two years ago, from January to March 2009, in cooperation betwen the Indonesian National Police (Kepolisian Republik Indonesia, POLRI) and International Organization for Migration (IOM), REMDEC have conducted an extensive study on community policing in Papua, covering all of 26 regencies both in Papua and Papua Barat Provinces. One of the most important and main findings is that presence of police in Papua still need an extra efforts to shift the old 'security approach' towards a new paradigm of 'fulfilling community sense of safety and justice' particularly for Papuan people. Here is an excerpt of some parts of the report of the study...
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Recently, criticism on the performance of police in Papua appears again in the headlines of national mass media. Massive riots in Timika, especially around mining concession area of Freeport, triggering the issue. Some analysisi even came to the conclusion that the upheaval reaffirm the failures of Indonesian government and security forces, especially police, to enforce law within the frame of human rights and social justice in Papua. Two years ago, from January to March 2009, in cooperation betwen the Indonesian National Police (Kepolisian Republik Indonesia, POLRI) and International Organization for Migration (IOM), REMDEC have conducted an extensive study on community policing in Papua, covering all of 26 regencies both in Papua and Papua Barat Provinces. One of the most important and main findings is that presence of police in Papua still need an extra efforts to shift the old 'security approach' towards a new paradigm of 'fulfilling community sense of safety and justice' particularly for Papuan people. Here is an excerpt of some parts of the report of the study...