Law Enforcement Against Traffic Accident Crimes in the Jurisdiction of Lubuklinggau Police

Abstract

Developments in the field of traffic can provide both positive and negative influences on people's lives. With the development of motorized vehicles circulating in the community from year to year increasing, it has an impact on traffic safety. This study aims to determine the Law Enforcement of Traffic Accident Crimes in the Lubuklinggau Police Jurisdiction. In this study, the approach method used is: a normative legal approach (normative legal research method). library legal research conducted by examining library materials or secondary data alone. The research specification used is Analytical Descriptive, which is an effort to analyze and explain legal problems related to objects with a comprehensive and systematic description of everything related to Law Enforcement Against Traffic Accidents in the Lubuklinggau Police Jurisdiction. Traffic accidents are criminal events that result in victims, whether minor injuries, serious injuries, and death. That the enforcement of this law is the authority of the Republic of Indonesia Police in accordance with the Police Law, namely regarding its role and function as a law enforcement officer for public security. And in accordance with the Traffic and Road Transportation Law, namely regarding the regulation, handling and enforcement of traffic crime laws and the Regulation of the Chief of Police concerning Procedures for Handling Traffic Accidents, namely the existence of efforts to facilitate and be family in enforcing and handling perpetrators and victims of traffic accidents. The obstacles faced by the Police tend to be in the enforcement of traffic crime laws in the form of suspects who have fled and evidence has been removed and witness statements are difficult to be willing to be questioned, as well as the lack of personnel provided in handling and enforcing traffic accidents.