Analysis of the Legal Liability of Police Officers in Cases of Wrongful Arrest
Abstract
The legal confusion caused by the weak professionalism of investigators and the lack of understanding of the public and victims of wrongful arrest regarding their rights, undeniably causes victims of wrongful arrest to ultimately only be satisfied with being released without appropriate compensation. The legal consequences in cases of wrongful arrest should not only be for the victims who are victims of wrongful arrest, but in order to fulfill the principles of justice and the principle of equality before the law, it is very necessary to process the punishment for the police officers who made the wrongful arrest as a form of legal accountability. The purpose of this study is to determine and analyze (1) the mechanism of criminal proceedings within the scope of the Police's functions legally, (2) the form of legal responsibility for Police officers in cases of wrongful arrest, (3) legal protection for victims in cases of wrongful arrest carried out by the Police. The approach method used in this study is normative juridical. The specifications of this study are descriptive analytical. The data sources used are secondary data. Secondary data are data obtained from library research consisting of primary legal materials, secondary legal materials and tertiary legal materials. The results of the research and discussion can be concluded: (1) In carrying out the duties of the Criminal Justice System, the Police have the duty to carry out repressive actions based on the principle of legality as regulated in the Criminal Procedure Code and Law No. 2 of 2002 concerning the Indonesian National Police. The Repressive Function of the Police is to take action against violations of the law to be processed to the courts which include investigations and inquiries. (2) The form of legal responsibility for members of the Indonesian National Police who commit wrongful arrests is legally responsible through the mechanism of disciplinary sanctions/code of ethics (demotion to PTDH) and even potential criminal penalties (abuse of authority/fabrication of cases).
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30659/rlj.5.2.%25p
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