The Role of Investigators in Securing Evidence Confiscated By Illegal Logging (Study at The Central Kalimantan Regional Police)

Abstract

The purpose of this writing is to determine and describe the role of investigators in securing evidence confiscated by Illegal Logging. The approach method in writing uses a sociological juridical approach. The results of the research carried out stated that the role of POLRI in safeguarding confiscated illegal logging evidence carried out according to the Criminal Procedure Code is a task carried out by investigators and investigators. It is at the initial investigation level that the security of evidence begins, and then at the investigative level which provides wider space for investigators in securing evidence. Carrying out the first action at the scene of the incident, search and confiscation is the role of POLRI (investigators) in securing the evidence provided. Procedures for securing evidence of illegal logging by POLRI according to Perkap No. 10 of 2010, is part of evidence management. Management of this evidence consists of: Reception, storage, security, maintenance; and the removal and destruction of confiscated objects from special rooms or places where evidence is stored. It is the Evidence Management Officer, hereinafter abbreviated as PPBB, who carries out these tasks.