It has often been reported that unofficial payments (or good connections) are required for admission to the National Police Academy, but police wages are low, so agents must find ways to increase their meager incomes. I felt sorry for the traffic cop Bali suspended last month after being secretly filmed accepting a bribe of a Dutchman he had stopped for not wearing a motorcycle helmet. The officer was very polite and friendly, even buy some beer to share with other countries.
If you are arrested in a late night spot check in Jakarta and can not produce a visa or valid registration card of police officers can threaten to take you to a treatment plant - except if you pay an unofficial fine of anywhere from $ 100 Rp.100,000. You should be polite and composed, recalling that as a guest in Indonesia, you have to play by their rules. Maybe your ID is an immigration office waiting for a visa extension, to explain it and carry a photocopy of the identification page of your passport. Threats to take you to the station are usually a bluff, as officers will not want to waste time while other motorists pass. If being polite and kind are not enough, then consider "calling a friend to your embassy" for advice.
uniforms and Fake police badges can be purchased near the Senen market in Central Jakarta. Phony cops can try a variety of scams, exploiting public confidence or fear of the police. A driver was stopped and asked to show his identity card. The "policeman" dropped a small bag of pills out the car window and removed, said to be drugs and asked for a bribe. Another driver was arrested by several fake "narcotics police" who kidnapped, stole his car and held for ransom.
Last year, a crook posed as a police officer interested in buying used cars. Accompanied by the owner, it would take each vehicle for a test drive to Soekarno-Hatta Airport and suggest stopping at Terminal 2 for lunch to seal the deal. It dispense with going to the mosque, then hunt in the car.
A woman who bought a police uniform in Senen said she could get people enrolled in the Police Academy in exchange for payments of up to Rp.160 million. She was arrested after failing to get the son of a police officer in the academy. A man was caught last November for a similar scam in which he posed as a police officer assigned to select and train recruits to the academy. In December, a woman was caught a pass for Indonesian military recruiter. She had managed to collect a of Rp.471 million four people who want to join the army. Others took advantage to go to the police so they can act as dealers in legal cases.
It is also profitable to impersonate members of the president's entourage. A woman got hold of a police uniform, claimed to be the private secretary to the First Lady Ani Yudhoyono and bribes collected from gullible local officials seeking promotion. Before the 2009 election, scammers pretended to be the president and his spokesman in telephone conversations and were able to get a gift of $ 2 million by the Sultan of Brunei.
In recent years, more than 100 people were arrested to pose as members of the Commission for the eradication of corruption to extract bribes of politicians and businessmen.