PENEGKAN HUKUM PADA TINGKAT KEPOLISIAN TERHADAP PELAKU PELANGGARAN LALU LINTAS MELAWAN ARAH DI KABUPATEN BULELENG

Abstract

This study aimed at identifying the process of law enforcement at police level towards the wrong-way traffic violation perpetrators in Buleleng regency and the factors which become obstacles for the police department to solve the wrong-way traffic violations in Buleleng regency. The study is a descriptive study and  applied empirical method. The location of the study is in Unit Gakkum Satlantas Polres Buleleng. The legal materials used is primary, secondary, and tertiary legal materials. The data collection technique was conducted through document study, observation, interview. The sampling technique was conducted using purposive sampling. The data analysis was conducted using descriptive qualitative. The result of the study showed that the process of law enforcement at police level towards the wrong-way traffic violation perpetrators in Buleleng regency included preventive and repressive  processes.  The preventive process conducted by Unit Gakkum Satlantas Polres Buleleng included several ways, there are patrolling, conducting legal socialization to the societies and students, creating educational video on obeying traffic regulation while driving. The repressive process conducted by Unit Gakkum Satlantas Polres Buleleng included penal. In conducting the the process of law enforcement at police level towards the wrong-way traffic violations in Buleleng regency, the police department faced some obstacles, including the lack of road usera'  legal awareness on obeying the regulations on the roads, and the limited traffic signs.