Abstract
This chapter analyses the structure, powers, and functions of the Indonesian National Police (Polri) within the broader framework of police power contestation. The chapter examines how police separated from military control during the Reformasi (Reformation) era, gaining constitutional authority over security, public order, and law enforcement. Baker explores Polri's relationship with other law enforcement agencies, including prosecutors and civilian investigators, showing how the 2002 Police Law established boundaries for these contests. However, rather than curtailing political power, these arrangements amplified the discretionary, expansive, and extractive nature of police power. The chapter reveals how police power operates through both formal hierarchical structures and informal off-budget revenue-raising systems that render it ultimately ungovernable.