"I think there will be no crimes, but I will focus on crime prevention measures. We will undertake intelligence operations in advance to anticipate and prevent criminal acts from occurring," Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, said at City Hall here on Monday.
He said during the festival period, public transportation for the southern part of the city would be based from Duku Atas for the convenience of commuters who want to go home from South Jakarta.
"Public transportation will be available at Dukuh Atas, not at Blok M station, to ensure commuters can go home using public transport," Jokowi noted.
The governor added his office would cooperate with the police and military personnel to maintain order, given the increased number of revelers in the city during the festival period.
"I think it will be better if we deploy officers from the Jakarta Regional Police and the Jakarta Military Command. We will have detailed discussions about that later," the governor stated.
Jakarta Regional Police Deputy Chief Brig. Gen Sudjarno said he would deploy around 10.1 thousand personnel to maintain security during Christmas and New Years Eve.
"Together with the military, we will have about 10.1 thousand personnel maintaining law and order," he pointed out.
On a national scale, the Indonesian police plans to deploy more than 86 thousand security personnel to ensure public safety and order during the Christmas and New Year celebrations in the country.
"Polri (the Indonesian police) will conduct Operasi Lilin 2013 (Candle Light Operation 2013) ahead of the Christmas and New Year celebrations," National Police Chief General Sutarman said at a meeting with the House of Representatives Commission III on Monday.
He also revealed that at least 944 personnel from the National Police Headquarters and more than 86 thousand personnel from the regional and resort police commands from across the country would be deployed to ensure the security of the celebrations and public order.
Sutaraman noted that police officers would be stationed at certain locations, such as prayer houses, shopping centers, recreation areas and gas stations.
Polri will also set up posts in several locations for the operations "and will not hesitate to act against anyone threatening national security and public order."
He added that Polri would also adopt preventive and early detection measures to prevent any disruption to public order and security.
(T.A014/A/KR-BSR/B003)
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