"The officer monitoring operation is to prevent discipline and public order violations committed by military and police officers prior to the MotoGP championship," West Nusa Tenggara Police's profession and internal security division head, Senior Commissioner Awan Hariono, said here on Friday.
The monitoring operation, implemented following the issuance of a direct instruction from national Police Headquarters, is expected to enhance military and police officers' discipline before the MotoGP championship next week, he added.
Hariono further said that he had instructed officers from his department to inspect public places, particularly entertainment venues and nightclubs, to monitor officers' discipline.
"According to the instruction from the Police Headquarters, police officers must not be present at any entertainment venues without clear justification and assignment instruction," he explained.
In response to the headquarters' instruction, the provincial police team and the military police detachment inspected several entertainment venues and bars in Mataram on Thursday (March 10), the department head informed.
During the inspection, apart from examining visitors' ID cards to identify officers breaching discipline, police officers also urged visitors to continue observing the health protocols to prevent COVID-19, he said.
"Our officers and the military detachment did not find any officers violating discipline during our inspection on Thursday evening," Hariono informed.
The inspection team also disseminated the provincial police's order seeking public support for maintaining security during the MotoGP Indonesia Grand Prix at the Mandalika Circuit next week and other international events in the province, he added.
Hariono expressed the hope that the general public would support the monitoring operation and asked residents to promptly report police or military officers breaching discipline or violating the law.
"Residents can report any violations committed by our officers either by direct notice or our online report system," he said.
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