Legal Analysis of Indonesian National Police Accountability in Addressing Street
Polda Sulawesi Utara
Universitas Bhayangkara Surabaya
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.56943/jlte.v5i2.1117Street crime remains a persistent challenge to public security in Indonesia. This study examines the legal construction of the Indonesian National Police’s responsibility in addressing street crime and the juridical implications of implementation obstacles. The research problems are how police responsibility is legally constructed in handling street crime and what juridical implications arise from obstacles to its implementation. The study aims to analyze that legal construction and identify the resulting juridical implications. Using normative legal research with statutory, conceptual, and case approaches, it relies on primary, secondary, and tertiary legal materials collected through library research and analyzed by qualitative content analysis. The findings show that police responsibility comprises individual, institutional, disciplinary, ethical, administrative, and civil/criminal liability. Preventive responsibility under Law No. 2 of 2002 is constrained by limited resources, weak coordination, and low community participation. The most serious juridical implications arise from failure to respond to public reports and abandoned investigations, which breach statutory duties and Article 28G of the 1945 Constitution, constitute maladministration under Law No. 37 of 2008, and may create civil liability under Article 1365 of the Civil Code. Strengthening accountability requires procedural compliance, accessible complaint mechanisms, and performance evaluation beyond quantitative indicator.
Keywords: Accountability Community Policing Legal Responsibility Indonesian National Police Street Crime
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