Efektivitas Peran Satuan Samapta dalam Pemeliharaan Keamanan dan Ketertiban Masyarakat di Polres Semarang

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of the Samapta Unit's role in maintaining public security and order within the jurisdiction of the Semarang Police Resort. The increasing complexity of public security disturbances requires stronger preventive policing through patrols, guarding, escorting, security operations, and rapid responses. The urgency of this research lies in optimizing the preventive function of the police amid limited personnel, operational facilities, and community participation. The novelty of this study is the analysis of the Samapta Unit's effectiveness at the police resort level using legal effectiveness theory and role theory. This research employs an empirical juridical method with a descriptive-analytical approach based on interviews, observations, and secondary legal materials. The findings show that the Samapta Unit has effectively carried out preventive duties through routine and dialogical patrols, security for public activities, and protection of vital objects. However, its effectiveness remains constrained by limited personnel, inadequate facilities, increasing security disturbances, and low public participation. Strengthening human resources, operational support, and police-community cooperation is therefore essential.

Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis efektivitas peran Satuan Samapta dalam pemeliharaan keamanan dan ketertiban masyarakat di wilayah hukum Polres Semarang. Meningkatnya kompleksitas gangguan kamtibmas menuntut penguatan fungsi preventif kepolisian melalui patroli, penjagaan, pengawalan, pengamanan, dan respons cepat. Urgensi penelitian ini terletak pada perlunya optimalisasi fungsi preventif di tengah keterbatasan personel, sarana operasional, dan partisipasi masyarakat. Kebaruan penelitian terletak pada analisis efektivitas peran Satuan Samapta di tingkat Polres dengan menggunakan teori efektivitas hukum dan teori peran. Penelitian menggunakan metode yuridis empiris dengan pendekatan deskriptif analitis melalui wawancara, observasi, dan studi kepustakaan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Satuan Samapta Polres Semarang telah menjalankan fungsi preventif melalui patroli rutin, patroli dialogis, pengamanan kegiatan masyarakat, dan pengamanan objek vital. Namun, efektivitas pelaksanaan tugas masih terkendala keterbatasan personel, sarana operasional, meningkatnya gangguan kamtibmas, dan rendahnya partisipasi masyarakat. Oleh karena itu, diperlukan penguatan sumber daya manusia, fasilitas operasional, dan sinergi antara kepolisian dengan masyarakat.