Police Goes to School Program to Reduce Traffic Violations by Students

• Main Author: Hanifah Anas
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Akademi Kepolisian Republik Indonesia 2020-10-01
• Series: Tanggon Kosala
• Subjects: traffic violations; students; police goes to school; effectiveness
• Online Access: https://journal.akademikepolisian.com/index.php/tanggonkosala/article/view/525

Traffic violations in Sumedang Regency are dominated by violators between the ages of 16 -21 years old who are mostly students.To overcome these problems, the Dikyasa Traffic Unit of Sumedang Police runs Dikmas activities through the Police Goes To School Program which is conducted on students. The purpose of this study was to describe the concept of Police Goes To School program in reducing traffic violations by students and the effectiveness of the program in reducing traffic violations by students at Polres Sumedang. The theory that was used in this study was Management Theory by George R. Terry, including the Effectiveness Concept, Dikmas lantas concept, Traffic Violation Concept, and student concept. This research used qualitative approach with field research method. The data collection techniques were interview, observation, document review, and questionnaire. The location of the research was in Sumedang Police area. The results of this study indicated the level of violations and traffic accidents by students were high. The Police Goes To school Program was implemented by the Satlantas Unit of the Sumedang Police. They became the ceremonial inspector, carried out PKS coaching, Saka Bhayangkara, and socialized the traffic rules. The Implementation of the program was not considered effective yet because the activities were not in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) that has been set. The suggestions of the researcher include (1) need additional facilities and infrastructure to support the implementation of activities, (2) need to review the program that has been run, (3) the need for the placement of members according to Dikjur, and (4) need to be coordinated with Dinas Pendidikan to run a program that has been designed by the Head of Traffic Police Corps.