Transforming PTIK into a Police University for Indonesian Police Education Reform
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police education reform, Police University, police professionalism, institutional accountability, policy analysis, public trustAbstract
This study examines the transformation of PTIK into a Police University as part of Indonesian police education reform. Amid the increasing complexity of modern crime, digital public scrutiny, and growing demands for transparency and accountability, the Indonesian National Police requires an education model that is not only operationally competent but also research-based, multidisciplinary, and ethically grounded. This study applies a qualitative policy-analysis design through a narrative literature review, legal-policy document analysis, and a focused comparison of police education models in England and Wales, Finland, and Australia. The analysis shows that transforming PTIK requires more than a change of institutional nomenclature. It requires legal clarity, alignment with higher education quality assurance, curriculum redesign, research-capacity development, academic staffing, and collaboration with national and international knowledge networks. The study argues that a Police University can strengthen police professionalism and accountability by functioning as a knowledge-production institution, a policy laboratory, and a bridge between police practice and scientific research. Its contribution to public trust should therefore be understood as indirect and conditional: it builds the institutional preconditions for more accountable, evidence-informed, and publicly responsive policing, rather than automatically restoring public trust. The article offers a contextual transformation model and a phased roadmap for developing PTIK into a Police University within Indonesia's legal and institutional setting.Downloads
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