Civil Service Police Unit

The Civil Service Police Unit, or in Indonesian known as Satuan Polisi Pamong Praja (Satpol PP), is the Municipal police unit of Indonesia which is under the auspices of the local government and is operated by the Department of Home Affairs.

The Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) and the Indonesian National Police (POLRI) are specifically different. The Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) duties are to assist the local regional head (city and/or state) of the government affairs in the field of Security and Public order which is to enforce regulations of the region. This force is under the Department of Home Affairs.

The Indonesian National Police or POLRI duties are to law enforce, protection and serving of the people, investigation and prevention of crime, control disturbance and social deviation of an area (city, province/state, and country), response for public matters, etc. They are directly under the auspices of the president of the republic of Indonesia and do not represent from a particular governmental ministry/department.