Police Capacity Building in Tackling Environmental Pollution in Mojokerto: A Study on Gempolkerep Sugar Factory, Mojokerto

The study aims at analyzing the improvement of police capacity in resort police department in Mojokerto regency in tackling environmental pollution within the dimension of human resource development, organization reinforcement and institutional reformation. It is a descriptive study using qualitative approach. The site of the study is 4th sub directorate (subdirectorateofenvironmetalresources or Sumdaling) of Directorateof Special CrimeInvestigationofEast Java Police Department by taking a samplecaseofenvironmental pollution in Gempolkerep sugar factory in Mojokerto. The data are analyzed using interactive data analysis model from Miles and Huberman. The study results show that: 1)The development of human resources in police department has been focused on the availability of professional and technical personnels with recruitment and training activities of police investigation force, 2)Organizational strengtheninghas been focused in the management system with the utilization of personnels, managerial aspects and networking, 3)Institutional Reform has been carried through institutionalization of vision and mission of policy regime, 4)Inhibiting factors of improvement of police capacity in tackling environmental pollution in Mojokerto are budget commitment and lack of human resources, whereas the supporting factors are the integrity of the personnels in 4th sub directorate of Directorateof Special CrimeInvestigationofEast Java Police i.e. leadership and community participation. The practical recommendationof the study is improvingpolicecapacity by establishing Kasatrekrimsusor Special Crime Investigation force at the levelofresortpolicedepartmentacross Indonesia.