The personnel would come from a total of 31 provincial police offices across the country.Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian Police will deploy 135,672 officers to secure the implementation of the simultaneous regional head elections (Pilkada), which will be held on December 9, 2015.
The personnel would come from a total of 31 provincial police offices across the country, the National Police Headquarters Operation Assistant Inspector General Unggung Cahyono stated here on Thursday.
The National Police organized a mock security drill in preparation for the local elections by involving the countrys provincial police offices except for Aceh Province.
He remarked that National Police Chief General Badrodin Haiti had instructed every police office at the provincial, district, and city levels along with the Polices Mobile Brigade to be prepared for securing the regional head elections.
The National Police Headquarters also prepared another 3.5 thousand personnel as reserves to be deployed in case of any potential conflict.
The police have chalked out a map of conflict-prone regions in conjunction with the local elections.
Every five polling stations will be guarded by two police officers and 10 civilian security guards (2-10-5).
In regions considered prone to conflicts, two police officers along with four civilian security personnel will be deployed in every two polling stations (2-4-2).
In the highest risk regions, two police officers along with two civilian security guards will be posted in every polling station (2-2-1).
The National Police is organizing a roll call for three days, on August 11-14, with regard to preparations for implementing security measures during Pilkada.
The first phase of Pilkada will be organized in 269 regions, including nine provinces, 224 districts, and 36 cities, on December 9.
Until August 3, the General Elections Commission, as the executor of the elections, registered 838 pairs of candidates contesting for the regional head elections.
Of the total tickets, 21 were candidates for governors and deputies, 115 were for mayors and deputies, and 702 were for district heads and deputies.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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