[1] He was rejected the first time, and he enrolled in the Faculty of Agriculture at the Haluoleo University, but he reapplied to the Police Academy, and he was accepted at his third application.

[1] By 2004, he was deputy chief police officer for West Jakarta, and later was reassigned to Central Sulawesi.

[4] In 2005, he joined Densus 88 and soon afterwards took part in a counter-terrorism police raid which resulted in the death of Azahari Husin.

He was promoted to police brigadier general after the conclusion of his time as deputy chief, when he was again moved to Bareskrim.

[4] On 22 January 2019, he was appointed as Chief of Bareskrim, with his rank at that time being an inspector general (two-star).