Optimizing the Role of Bhabinkamtibmas in Handling Social Conflicts to Maintain Community Security and Order in the Legal Area of the Bekasi Metro Police

Abstract

The condition of security and public order is one of the prerequisites for the realization of an advanced Indonesia. Maintenance and public order are the duties and responsibilities of the police as mandated in Article 5 of Law No. 2 of 2002 concerning the Indonesian National Police, it is stated that the National Police is a state instrument that plays a role in maintaining public security and order, enforcing the law and providing protection, protection and services to the community in the framework of maintaining domestic security. Referring to this mandate, Polri carries out pre-emptive, preventive and repressive activities of the Police, one of which is to overcome social conflicts. Bhabibkamtibmas is the leading sector of the National Police in pre-emptive and preventive efforts through its various policing activities. One of the roles of Bhabinkamtibmas is that it is expected to be able to overcome various potential disturbances of social conflict in the jurisdiction of the Bekasi Metro Police. This study aims to analyze the optimization of the role of Bhabinkamtibmas Polres Metro Bekasi in tackling social conflict. This study uses a qualitative approach with analytical descriptive to provide a detailed description of the situation that occurred. The data used uses primary and secondary data. Data collection was obtained by observation, interviews, and document studies. Triangulation was used to verify data accuracy and validity. The findings reveal that Bhabinkamtibmas in general has carried out its role and function in overcoming social conflict. Nevertheless, there are various obstacles in carrying out their duties such as the condition of human resources that have not been sufficient both in quality and quantity. Babinkamtibnas Social Conflict Countermeasure Efforts have not been supported by adequate budgets and facilities and infrastructure. Then, community policing methods are also not fully maximized. Therefore, the researchers recommend optimizing the implementation of community policing by Bhabinkamtibmas in the future.