Meningkatkan Kepercayaan Publik: Penguatan Peran Polri Dalam Pengejaran Buronan Beserta Hasil Kejahatan Tahun 2024

The police institution holds a central responsibility for maintaining security stability through the enforcement of law. Law enforcement include apprehending criminal offenders and ensuring public order. In recent years, the Indonesian National Police (Polri) has faced heightened public scrutiny in relation to emerging crime trends and recurring failures in the pursuit of fugitives. The inability to apprehend fugitives has the potential to diminish public trust in the legitimacy and effectiveness of law enforcement institutions. In response, the Research and Development Center of Polri (Puslitbang Polri) conducted a study on strengthening Polri’s role in the pursuit of fugitives and criminal proceeds. This study discusses the efforts and challenges faced by Polri and the role of stakeholders in the pursuit of fugitives and criminal proceeds. This study employed a mixed-method approach, utilizing both quantitative and qualitative data processing and analysis through a convergent parallel design. The quantitative component involved distributing questionnaires to external policing stakeholders, while the qualitative component consisted of interviews conducted through focus group discussions (FGDs) with internal Polri personnel and external community representatives. The findings of the study indicate that the internal challenges faced by Polri are internal policy governance, bureaucratic transformation, the lack of an integrated digital management system, the quantity and quality of human resources, technological limitations, and suboptimal coordination among policing functions. Externally, stakeholders who act as strategic partners of Polri contribute significantly by providing support through information networks, expanded public dissemination, legal awareness education, and technological resources.