Hansip

Hansip (Indonesian: Pertahanan Sipil), literally translated as Civil Defense, was a type of local security officers of an administrative village in Indonesia. Based on Presidential Decree No. 55/ 1972,[1] Hansip is part of defense and security component in Total Defense and Security System.
Hansip was disbanded in 2014 by Presidential Regulation No. 88/ 2014.[2] One of consideration of such retraction is according to government regulation No. 6/ 2010, task and function of hansip is already conducted by municipal police, locally known as Satpol PP.

In Bali

Hansip work in coordination with other groups - the police and pecalang (in the case of Bali), the latter being redirected for extra policing of large events from more mundate tasks like traffic direction.

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