Late Night Police Patrols Find Bali’s Canggu To Be Safe For Tourists

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Police in Bali’s booming tourism resort of Canggu have conducted Blue Light Patrols every Saturday night since the peak season began.

These new Blue Light Patrols will continue throughout the high season to help give tourists, locals, and business owners peace of mind during the busiest nights of the week. 

Bali Police are conducting Blue Light patrols around the North Kurt area, with a strong focus on the ultra-busy tourism resort of Canggu.

This operation aims to help prevent crime in these areas and reassure locals, tourists, and business owners that security support is always around the corner. 

Speaking to the media, the Head of the Blue Light Patrol Operation, AKP Budiarta, said that as state officials, police work such as patrols must be carried out to the highest standard so that the public feels safe and comfortable and can safely move around the area.

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AKP Budiarta explained that patrol activities will continue to anticipate crime in the North Kuta area. He said, “Let us carry out this task with full sincerity and a sense of responsibility as members of the National Police.”

The Blue Light Patrol was carried out this weekend in the Canggu and Seminyak areas. The patrol’s target included Jalan Raya Petitenget in the heart of Seminyak.

The security personnel even visited nightlife and hotel venues directly. Police officers also advised security guards who were privately employed at entertainment venues to keep the peace and conveyed to them security and social security protocols and support. 

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Patrols were also carried out on vulnerable routes around the Petitenget-Sunset Road-Jalan Raya Seminyak and onwards to the roads surrounding Berawa Beach. The previous two Blue Light Patrols have focused exclusively on Canggu.

AKP Budiarta said, “Astungkara, the situation is safe and conducive, and there were no people suspected of being criminals or young people involved in illegal racing.”

Safety and security in Canggu is a hot topic for leaders in the North Kuta area. On Friday, the 5th of July, the Head of the North Kuta Police Linmas Unit, Iptu AA Ngurah Sudyastika, spoke to the local community in Canggu about the importance of taking a collaborative approach to keeping law and order in tourism spaces in Canngu.

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Linmas, short for ‘perlindungan masyarakat,’ are teams of local security officers from each administrative village in Indonesia. The phrase literally translates to society protection, and officers are a form of civil defense.

During the meeting, Sudyastika invited Linmas to increase patrol activities with supporting security agencies on tourism routes and areas at certain hours to minimize criminal acts in the Canggu Village area.

He said, “All of this will be realized if joint patrol activities, both day and night, are carried out consistently. Working together and working together so that Canggu Village remains safe and worthy of being visited by foreign and domestic tourists.”

Compared to many tourism resorts and tourism hotspots around the world, Canggu is incredibly safe.

However, police, local communities, and tourists have noticed that there has been a slight increase in antisocial behavior in the area in recent months by both badly behaved tourists and local criminals. 

Leaders in Bali want to ensure that tourists who visit the island behave in a culturally respect way, even when enjoying tourism offerings that are not rooted in Balinese culture.

For example, leaders want to ensure that tourists are not getting into brawls in the street after leaving nightlife and entertainment venues, are dressing appropriately, and driving safely. Similarly, they want tourists to feel safe and want to ensure that criminals are not operating in tourism areas, too. 

The Blue Light Patrols have now been running for two weeks, and police have not reported finding any issues during their operations.

Speaking to the press on the 1st of July, the North Kuta Police Chief AKP Muhammad Disky Fernandez said, “We want to ensure that there are no criminal acts that could disturb the comfort of the community in the jurisdiction of the North Kuta Police,”

“With good cooperation between the police, night entertainment managers, and the community, we can create a safe and comfortable environment for all.”