One of them is the Head of Cilandak Police, South Jakarta AKP Iskandarsyah. In the 40-second video broadcast, the police chief appears to evacuate residents from their homes by carrying them in their arms. Then the police chief walked slowly to a safe place with the help of his members.
Another heroic action, namely
Kapolsek Kembangan West Jakarta Police Commissioner Khoiri. Together with his members, the police chief evacuated a resident who was trapped in a flood with a cart at Puri Kembangan.
The roads in Puri Indah, West Jakarta, are not spared from floods. The water level reaches 50 centimeters and makes it difficult for motorists to pass through the road.
Head of Public Relations Division of the National Police, Inspector General of Police, Argo Yuwono, revealed that all staff members are prepared to flood. According to him, the process of evacuating residents is the main priority for handling floods.
Until now, Polda Metro Jaya has detected as many as 22 location points spread across the jurisdiction of Polda Metro Jaya.
"As anticipation, Polda Metro Jaya has deployed 1,480 personnel to handle floods in their respective areas," said Argo in his statement, Sunday (21/2/2021).
According to Argo, his party has also deployed a number of equipment used to evacuate residents. 12 inflatable boats, 8 assembled boats, 5 fiber boats, 10 canoes, 74 oars, 350 buoys and 500 raincoats.
"The obstacle to evacuating residents affected by the flood is the outboard motor owned by the Brimobda and Dit Polair only sizes 15pk and 25pk so they will experience difficulties when facing heavy water currents. For example in Aspol Pondok Karya and Ciledug Village (Ciledug Indah Housing) , Tangerang, "said Argo.