Indonesian National Police
national police force of Indonesia
The Indonesian National Police (Indonesian: Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia, lit. 'State Police of the Republic of Indonesia', abbreviated as POLRI) is the national law enforcement and police force of the Republic of Indonesia. Founded on 19 August 1945 and became an independent agency on 1 July 1946, it was formerly a branch of the country's military after 1962. The police were formally separated from the armed forces on 1 April 1999, in a process which was formally completed on 1 July 1999.
The total personnel that the Indonesian National Police possesses in 2020 is 440,000, and the number is increasing every year, it includes 34,000 Brimob personnel, with up-to 7,000 water and aviation police personnel. Polri is also assisted by an estimated 1,7 million members of Senkom Mitra Polri volunteers throughout the country which are civilians that assist the police. The headquarters of the Indonesian National Police is located in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta and the Indonesian National Police emergency number is 110 which serves all over Indonesia 24 hours. The Indonesian National Police also takes part in international United Nations missions, and, after special training, provided security for the UNAMID mission to protect internally-displaced people in Darfur.
The organization is under the direct auspices of the President of Indonesia. The Indonesian National Police is responsible for law enforcement and policing duties all over Indonesia. The organization has a history of corruption, violence, and incompetence.
“Indonesian National Police” enters the record as national police force of Indonesia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Indonesian, National and Police can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Indonesian National Police” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Indonesian, National and Police provides the most credible route into that argument.
Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3103954. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1945, 1946, 1962 and 1999.
A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Indonesian National Police”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Indonesian National Police primary sources, Indonesian National Police archive and Indonesian research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Indonesian National Police”?
- Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Indonesian National Police” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.