Tribratanews.polri.go.id. - Jakarta. The Chief of Traffic Corps, Pol. Inspector General Istiono, responded quickly to the spike in Covid-19 cases after the Eid holiday. The traffic service cars (Lantas) were changed situationally. Initially, Chief of Traffic Corps' responded to the policy of the Governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil, who banned people from entering the Bandung area due to the spike in Covid-19 cases. According to Chief of Traffic Corps', such isolation and tightening measures must be taken.
"Well this is important. We all have to respond quickly to this situation. Therefore, including our service cars in traffic, we are changing a lot at this time, for situational reasons," said the Chief of Traffic Corps' when he was at one of the Micro Enforcement of Restrictions on Community activities in Indonesia Posts for the Surakarta National Police, Central Java.
The Chief of Traffic Corp's said that the cars belonging to the National Police Traffic Unit were changed in the interest of suppressing the spread of Covid-19. He also hopes that the Covid-19 cases will come down soon.
“Like our traveling car, our ambulance, then our Directorate General of Public Education car. We are changing to carry out activities related to the spread of Covid-19. That's our hope. We continue to follow all the dynamics, we control it so that Covid-19 can go down soon, " said the Chief of Traffic Corps'.
Chief of Traffic Corps' also said that currently there are 12 provinces and 29 regencies that are included in the red zone. Thus, all parties must work hand in hand to tighten mobility.
“We set up a checkpoint for this tightening point. We have built 152 check points in the red zones. The activity is a random rapid test for free, then we distribute masks, informing to the community, " added the Chief of Traffic Corps'.
Chief of Traffic Corps' explained that the tightening activities at checkpoints were carried out during peak hours. Especially on holidays.
"So that we could control the pace of development of Covid-19 in terms of mobility. Come on, let's work together with the community and related agencies to put the brakes on this activity in the field. If we don't help with public awareness, this will be really difficult," he said.
Furthermore, Chief of Traffic Corps' also appreciated the ranks of the Surakarta Police's Chief of Traffic Corps'. Even though Solo is not a red zone, anticipatory steps are still being taken.
"Solo is not in the red zone, it's the yellow zone. However, because it borders the red zone, the Chief of Traffic Unit immediately responds to building, anticipating, supervising the mobility of activities on the red zone border. This is really good, “ explained Chief of Traffic Corps'.
The National Police Headquarter also added that not only in the red zone, but also at the border of the red zone.
“I hope other regions will do the same. Not in the red zone, but at the border of the red zone, we are also monitoring the mobility sector. We do a random rapid test for free. If you find out that there are several people, that's good, " continued the Chief of Traffic Corps'.
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