The Implementation of Criminal Sanctions Against Police Officers Involved in Narcotics Abuse Within the Jurisdiction of Sleman City Police

Abstract

This study aims to determine and analyze the factors that cause Police Officers to abuse Narcotics in the Sleman Police area and to determine the criminal sanctions for Police Officers who abuse Narcotics in the Sleman Police area. The type of research uses a type of empirical juridical research. The approach to a study uses a socio-legal research approach. Data sources in the study were obtained with Primary Legal Materials, Secondary Legal Materials, Tertiary Legal Materials. In this study, the technique used in data collection was to conduct direct interviews with informants. Data analysis used qualitative analysis. The results of the study showed that the factors that caused Police Officers to use Narcotics were: Family factors that caused depression, Economic factors, lack of economic needs, Home environment or friends who were accustomed to consuming narcotics, Weak supervision by superiors, and Low sanctions. The application of criminal penalties for members of the Indonesian National Police who abuse narcotics is by carrying out general criminal penalties first with a detention period depending on the judge's decision, after the general criminal penalties have been completed, the member of the Indonesian National Police will be given an ethics trial to determine whether or not he/she is fit to be a member of the police again. Then, if the ethics trial states that the member of the Indonesian National Police is no longer fit to be a member of the police, a Dishonorable Dismissal (PTDH) ceremony will be carried out.