Abstract
Indonesia is one of the Police Contributing Countries (PCC) in the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations. Since 1989, Indonesia has deployed their police officers into various peacekeeping missions, either individually or in the units called Formed Police Units (FPU). In deploying the FPU, Indonesia as the PCC is not only responsible for preparing the personnel, but also equipping the FPU in logistics and infrastructure, which includes appropriate camps in the mission area. These camps have an important role as the operational and administrative base of the FPU, personnels accommodation, assets storage facility, and notably as the symbol of Indonesia’s commitment to its contribution to world peace. Garuda Camp Indonesian FPU in MINUSCA, Central African Republic, was built in 2018 by the International Relations Division of The National Police with total assets more than 500 billion rupiahs. During the 2 years of placing the Indonesian FPU in MINUSCA, several security threats have occurred in this camp, such as theft and burglary.
 In this case, the camp security is an important element to ensure the Unit's success in performing its mission mandate. Therefore, the author sees the need for an evaluation using the perception of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) to increase the level of security at Garuda Camp. This is based on CPTED which has a basic idea that proper and effective design in the use of the built environment can lead to a reduction in crime and fear of crime, as well as an improvement in the quality of life in an environment. The author explores threats and use qualitative methods to identify the compliance of physical security requirements in the camp. The result of the study shows that Garuda Camp is included in the medium level threat category. Thus, a threat prevention strategy is needed.
Highlights
The United Nations Peacekeeping Missions (UNPM) is a mission that basically aims to help countries which experiencing difficulties in dealing with conflict toward a peace
When the analysis of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles is taken, it consistently reveals that crime threat concentration is directly related to physical design and security strategy (Iqbal & Ceccato, 2016)
The first generation CPTED emphasizes the principles of eliminating undefined spaces, ensuring all spaces have a clearly defined purpose, and are regularly maintained and monitored (Richard & Mazerolle, 2008)
Summary
The United Nations Peacekeeping Missions (UNPM) is a mission that basically aims to help countries which experiencing difficulties in dealing with conflict toward a peace. Indonesia as a country that has a free and active foreign policy, has contributed to the UNPM. This has been supported by the Indonesian National Police (POLRI) by assigning its personnel to various missions since 1989. POLRI DRI, together with the POLRI Human Resources Staff, prepare the personnels with certain capabilities requested by the UN to participate in Pre-Deployment Training for approximately 6 months before being dispatched to one of the UNMPs. The Indonesian FPU was first assigned to UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), Darfur, Sudan in 2008 and up until now has undergone 12unit rotations each year. For making it easier to identify, each unit in charge is codified, namely the Garuda Bhayangkara Task Force (Garbha Task Force) FPU 1 who served from 2008 to 2009 until FPU 12, which is currently on duty until the end of 2021 at UNAMID
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