Strengthening Crime Prevention Through Community Policing in West Nusa Tenggara Regional Police
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to examine the policy of strengthening crime prevention through community policing. (community policing). The method used in this research is a mixed method approach, combining descriptive methods with survey methods. The use of descriptive methods aims to discover and collect data that will be used to answer the research questions. This data source will be explored through the data collection techniques used, especially with the selected research informants according to the research informants' criteria. The second data source is secondary data in the form of data/information released by the police or institutions outside the police that can serve as supporting data in this research. Data analysis is conducted through data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The findings of this research indicate that efforts to strengthen crime prevention through community policing in the jurisdiction of the West Nusa Tenggara police have been progressing well by implementing various preventive approaches and strategies, including optimizing functional units at the Polda, Polres, and Polsek levels that incorporate preventive aspects, prioritizing law enforcement over crime prevention, recognizing that crime prevention is the responsibility of the police, conducting direct prevention efforts, sharing knowledge with the community, and showing intent in budget and resource support.
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