Comprehensive Analysis of Community Policing in an Attempt Preventive Handling of Motorcycle Theft Crime

Abstract

The high number of motor vehicle theft cases in the jurisdiction of the Cilegon Police Department with a fluctuating trend indicates that repressive law enforcement efforts have not been able to optimally suppress crime rates. This condition demands strengthening the preventive approach through community policing as a collaborative strategy between the police and the community to improve environmental supervision and prevent theft. The purpose of this study is to analyze the implementation of community policing, reconstruct the factors that influence it, and formulate efforts to improve preventive strategies for dealing with motorcycle theft crimes in the jurisdiction of the Cilegon Police Department. This study uses the Theory of Law Enforcement, Crime Prevention Theory, and Criminal Policy Theory, the Concept of Crime Prevention, the Concept of Community Policing, the Concept of Theft Crimes, and the Concept of Motor Vehicles. This research method uses a juridical- sociological approach with qualitative methods through interviews, field observations, and literature studies to explore the implementation of community policing in preventing motor vehicle theft in the Cilegon Police Department. Data analysis is carried out descriptively through the processes of reduction, presentation, and verification to produce valid empirical findings regarding the effectiveness of police preventive strategies. The results of this study indicate that: 1) The implementation of community policing at the Cilegon Police Station is effective through synergy between the police and the community that strengthens informal social forces, increases legal awareness, and reduces the opportunity for motorcycle theft; 2) The effectiveness of community policing is influenced by factors of legal substance, police, infrastructure, community, and legal culture that mutually determine the success of motorcycle theft prevention efforts at the Cilegon Police Station; and 3) Efforts to improve community policing are carried out through increasing personnel capacity, strengthening coordination between police functions, and expanding community participation in order to realize adaptive and sustainable motorcycle theft prevention.