The existence of local wisdom through community protection unit (satlinmas) as the street-level bureaucrat in community security, orderliness and tranquility in Surakarta city

摘要

The feeling of secure is basic service obligatorily fulfilled by every state to its citizens. To give security protection, Indonesian government establishes Satuan Perlindungan Masyarakat or Community Protection Unit (thereafter called Satlinmas). Satlinmas, as a street-level bureaucrat, serves to help create security, orderliness, and tranquility of community. It is also the manifestation of New Public Service involving the community in creating the feeling of secure in respective environment. One of local wisdom forms represented in Satlinmas is life philosophy "sepi ing pamrih rame ing gawe" (expecting less reward, and working more) and "nguwongke uwong", meaning that humanizing human being during undertaking the duty. It is in line with the fulfillment of secure feeling by government as mentioned in Human Governance. This research will study the characteristics of Street-level Bureaucrat according to Lipsky (1969) including: routine interaction with community, occupation independency and potential impact on the community. This study was a descriptive qualitative research. Techniques of collecting data used were interview, observation, and document analysis. The informants were selected using purposive sampling technique. Data validation was carried out using data triangulation technique, while data analysis using interactive model of analysis.