Revitalisasi Pos Kamling Berbasis Komunitas di Masa Pandemi Covid-19

Abstract

The state and society place great hopes on the state apparatus, especially the Indonesian National Army (TNI) and Indonesian National Police (Polri), to prevent the spread of Covid-19. It is also explicitly stated in Government Regulation Number 21 of 2020 concerning Large-Scale Social Restrictions in the Context of Accelerating Handling of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) and Minister of Health Regulation Number 9 of 2020 concerning Guidelines for Large-Scale Social Restrictions in the Context of Accelerating Handling of Coronavirus Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19). Even though the two institutions are precise andvery strategic, it is necessary to have synergy between the government apparatus and the community in facing the threat of the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, this article examines the role of an independent environmental security system (Siskamling) with Poskamling (environmental security post) as a collaborative mechanism for handling pandemics between the government and the community. Moreover, in Indonesia Poskamling and Siskamling are models of community-based security systems that become the insights of the Indonesian archipelago.