DISKRESI KEPOLISIAN DALAM PENANGANAN TINDAK PIDANA KECELAKAAN LALU LINTAS DENGAN KORBAN PEJALAN KAKI (Studi di Polres Purbalingga)

Abstract

Discretion refers to a Police authority of police officials to act or not to act legally in carrying out its work. Diskresi allows a police officer to choose among a variety of roles (maintain order, enforce the law or protect society), tactics (enforce traffic laws by on patrol or manning at one place) or the destination ( punish violators or advice) in the execution of his duty.

This research approach is the juridical sociological research, specification descriptive in nature, as well as analyze qualitative methods. The goal of research to figure out the implementation of the discretion police force in handling the crime of traffic accidents with casualties of iscretion in the area of law Polres Purbalingga.

Against truth and validity it does the action the police discretion, that discretion police formally regulated in article 18 of Act No. 2 of 2002 Year State police of the Republic of Indonesia, which mention that: (1) For general interest, officials of the State police of the Republic of Indonesia in carrying out the tasks and authority can act according to hisown judgment. The implementation of the provisions referred to in subsection (1) may only be carried out in a State that is very necessary having regard to the legislation, as well as the code of conduct of the profession of police of the Republic of Indonesia.