Legal Analysis of Standard Operating Procedures for Regional Police Crowd Control in Handling Mass Demonstrations

Abstract

The police as law enforcers carry out legal efforts with an emphasis on preventive efforts before a criminal act
occurs and, repressive efforts if a criminal act happens or has taken place. One form of protection, protection and
service to the community is Community Control. This study is aimed to find out the hierarchy of fixed procedures
for mass control for Indonesian National Police personnels in handling mass demonstrations and to know the
position of fixed procedures for mass control of the Indonesian Regional Police in relation to handling mass
demonstrations.
This research uses a type of juridical-normative-empirical comparative legal research, namely legal research that
examines the factual implementation or implementation of positive legal provisions (legislation) in each particular
legal event happening in society. This legal research uses statutory, conceptualand case approaches. The analytical
method emplyed is qualitative descriptive in nature, where the legal materials that have been obtained are analyzed
based on qualitative methods.
The results of this research show that the existence of Fixed Procedures in the Police organization is very strategic
and influences the actions and behavior of police personnels as protectors and services providers to the community
and Regional Police as a general control to regulate all forces and actions of troops in the field during
demonstrations in conditions where the masses Protesters have carried out unlawful acts.