Hansip

Hansip (Indonesian: Pertahanan Sipil, lit.

'Civil Defense') was a type of local security officers of an administrative village in Indonesia.

[2] One of the reasons of this retraction is related to government regulation No.

Its tasks and functions is currently conducted by the municipal police, locally known as Satuan Polisi Pamong Praja.

Hansip works in coordination with other groups - the police and pecalang (in the case of Bali), the latter being redirected from more mundane tasks like traffic direction to extra policing of large events.