The Roles of Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas in Creating a

Harmonious Environment: Study Case in Genteng Village,

Sukasari Sub-district, Sumedang District

Soni A. Nulhaqim, Eva Nuriyah Hidayat, Muhammad Fedryansyah

Department of Social Welfare, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jatinangor, Indonesia

Keywords: Babinsa , Bhabinkamtibmas, Village, Harmonious Environment.

Abstract: Village has become the central point of a country development. To meet this need, village development

requires stakeholder’s involvement, including the three village leaders that consist ofthe headman of the

village, Babinsa, and Bhabinkamtibnas. The three leaders are expected to not only develop the village, but

they are also required to create a harmonious environment. This study aims to describe the roles of Babinsa

and Bhabinkamtibnas in creating a harmonious environment in all development aspects in Genteng Village,

Sukasari Sub-District, Sumedang District. This study adopted qualitative descriptive and case study

methods. The data source of this study derived from primary and secondary data. The collection data

technique used was in-depth interview, non-participant observation, and literature review. Then the data was

processed through some stages involving data reduction, data analysis, and conclusion. The result deriving

from this study suggest that Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas play an important role in providing support and

guidance, keeping communities safe, and promoting the village development from various aspects of the

community, ranging from social, education, economic, culture, religious, to political issues.

1 INTRODUCTION

Village has become one of the central factors for the

country development. According to the Law Number

6 of 2016 concerning the villages, village is defined

as a legal community unit that has a territorial

boundary and authorization to regulate and manage

the government affairs, the interests of local

communities based on the community initiatives, the

origin or traditional community rights that are

recognised and respected by the government of

Republic Indonesia. Based on this definition, it can

be argued that a village has its own authority in the

state government system based on their local

wisdom.

According to the Indonesian Government

Regulation Number 137 of 2017 concerning the

code and data of the local government

administration, Indonesia has 416 regencies, 98

cities, 7,094 sub-districts, 8,940 districts, and 74,957

villages. The highest number of villages in Indonesia

has led village to become the central point of the

country development. During the Joko Widodo and

Jusuf Kalla presidency, village started to become the

main subject to the country development and thus

was the central point for strengthening the role of the

country in maintaining the motivation of national

development. To support this, there exist policies

and programmes focusing on village development.

One of the most popular programmes was Program

Dana Desa (Village Fund Programme). This

programme aimed to promote the community

development in the villages.

The village development basically aims to

increase the community welfare and their quality of

life as well as to alleviate poverty through meeting

the community’s basic needs, building village

facilities and infrastructures, and promoting the local

economy and the sustainability of natural resources

(Surono, 2017, p. 472). In its implementation, the

village development requires the involvement of all

institutions in the village, particularly the three

village leaders (Tripides) consisting of the headman

of the village, Babinsa , and Bhabinkamtibnas. The

Tripides are basically not only expected to promote

the village development, but also to create a

harmonious environment. Indeed, a harmonious

environment cannot be separated from the village

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The Roles of Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas in Creating a Harmonious Environment: Study Case in Genteng Village, Sukasari Sub-district, Sumedang District.

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development. A harmonious environment can be

used as an indicator to show the condition in which

the community members are socially well-connected

and respect each other. Some scholars also argue

that this term also shows the condition in which

individuals live in harmony with the goals of their

society (Mulya, 2013; Taufiq, 2014).

A harmonious environment is one of people’s

primary needs. Based on Maslow's hierarchy of

needs, the need for a harmonious environment or the

need for a sense of security from the surrounding

environment ranks second after physiological needs

(Iskandar, 2016). It can be seen that a harmonious

environment is a basic need for every individual.

There is no one will be able to have a good social

function and actualization without a harmonious

environment, which will also have a direct impact on

the individual’s participation to the village

development. Therefore, it can be argued that a

harmonious environment will have a positive

contribution to the village development. To create a

harmonious environment, the stakeholders who are

mainly responsible for this are Babinsa and

Bhabinkamtibmas .

Babinsa (Bintara Pembina Desa [non-

commissioned officers]) with a supervisory role in

their villages is working under the Koramil

(Mustafa, 2008, p.35). Babinsa is the executor of

territorial coaching that deals directly with the

village diverse community and their problems.

Babinsa, that is an integral part of TNI (Indonesian

National Army), play an active role in the national

development focusing on the village community

welfare. Broadly speaking, the main tasks of

Babinsa are carrying out their main duties as TNI

soldiers; keeping the local community safe;

providing guidance to the community in relation to

security and order; protecting the local community

from any dangers, disturbances, and threats caused

by drugs misuse, illegal logging, or terrorism;

carrying out any intelligence tasks; providing social

services in the community; providing social support

to the community who are victims of natural

disasters; carrying out various activities to improve

the standard of living and income of the community;

coaching and counseling in agriculture, fisheries,

animal husbandry, and other aspects as well as

counseling about family planning programs;

carrying out tasks in fostering territorial and working

in a collaboration with local governments

(Wahyudin, 2013).

Moreover, Bhabinkamtibmas (Bhayangkara

Pembinaan Keamanan dan Ketertiban Masyarakat

[Bhayangkara Leadership for Social Security and

Order]) is a part of the National Police that play a

crucial role in promoting public order and security

(Polri, 2014). According to the Police Chief

Regulation No. Pol KEP/618/VII/2014, Bhabin-

kamtibmas has a role to promote the importance of

legal awareness, to protect the community, and to

provide community services as an attempt to

develop and maintain the community’s safety both

in villages and districts. In doing this, the

Bhabinkamtibmas play a range of roles such as as a

mediator, negotiator, facilitator, and motivator in

solving the social problems that occur in rural/urban

communities. There are four Bhabinkamtibmas’s

activities written in the Bhabinkamtibmas Smart

Book, including developing public order, providing

community security, and promoting the

community’s strengths.

To sum up, it can be clearly seen that the

Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas play a key role in

maintaining the security and order of the community

and actively participating in the village

development. This is also linier with the results of

previous studies on the role of Babinsa and

Bhabinkamtibmas which concluded that they play a

central role in creating a safe and conducive village

environment (Musabrianto and Darmawan, 2012;

Sari, Winarti and Suranto, 2016). In addition, the

existence of Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas has also

had an impact on the welfare of the community and

the village development through various coaching

activities (Darajat, 2015; Kartini and Zohrah, 2018).

Therefore, this study aims to describe the roles

Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas play in creating a

harmonious environment of Genteng Village,

Sukasari Sub-District, Sumedang District in various

aspects of community.

2 METHODS

This study employed descriptive qualitative and

study case methods. The study aimed to describe the

roles Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas play in creating

a harmonious environment in Genteng Village,

Sukasari Sub-District, Sumedang District. Both

primary and secondary data used as the main source

of this study. In regard to the methods of data

collection, this study adopted in-depth interview,

non-participant observation, and literature review.

Then the data was processed throughsome stages

involving data reduction, data analysis, and

conclusion.

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3 FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

3.1 Background Information of

Genteng Village

Genteng Village is one of the villages located in

Sukasari Sub-District, Sumedang District. The

village has an area of 1,371 hectares with

topography area include natural formation such as

valleys at 800-1200 mdpl. According to the data

profile of Genteng Village in 2017, Genteng Village

consists of 6 sub-village, 19 rukun warga

(neighborhood unit), 76 rukun tetangga (sub-

neighborhood unit) with 2,219 families. The

population of Genteng Village is 5,973 people

including 3,002 male and 2,971 female citizens.

According to the profile data of Genteng Village

(2017) in regard to the education background of the

population, there are 38.41% (2,325 people) hold

elementary school degree, 30.08% (1,817 people)

hold junior high school degree, 14.40% (872 people)

hold senior high school degree, and 1.96% (119

people) hold either undergraduate or graduate

degree. However, there are 4.69% (284 people) of

population in Genteng Village who do not pursue

education. Agriculture remains the most important

source of livelihood for people living in Genteng

Village.

3.2 The Roles of Babinsa and

Bhabinkamtibmas in Creating a

Harmonious Environment in

Genteng Village

The village headman, Babinsa, and Bhabin-

kamtibmas, who are obliged to work in a

collaboration, play a crucial role in the Genteng

Village development. Indeed, village development

has been centrally important for the development of

a country. Therefore, the central government

provides a financial support for the village

development to the village governments in Indonesia

with the aim of developing the villages. In this case,

however, the local governments may also face lots

of challenges in creating a harmonious environment

for the population living in villages, in which this

situation is also faced by the village government in

Genteng Village.

The Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas of Genteng

Village have been working for this village for years.

The Babinsaof Genteng Village with the title of

Sersan Satu (Sergeant First Class), who is from

Komando Rayon Militer 1004 Tanjungsari, is

working under Komandan Rayon Militer (Danramil)

1004 Tanjungsari who has been working in Genteng

Village for 12 years. Additionally, the

Bhabinkamtibmas of Genteng Village, who is from

Police Sector (Polsek) Tanjungsari with the title of

Brigadir Polisi Kepala (Head of Police Brigadier), is

working under the supervision of Kapolsek

Tanjungsari who has been working in Desa Genteng

for 8 years.

To create a harmonious environment, Babinsa

and Bhabinkamtibmas of Genteng Village have been

facing some issues in the society, including social,

education, economic, culture, politics, and religion

issues. In regard to the social issue, there were some

criminal cases in Genteng Village, including theft/

robbery (livestock theft, agricultural equipment

theft, or motorcycle theft), physical violence

between citizens, suicide attempts due to economic

problems, the case of a dead body found in a land

owned by local citizens, and so on. To address these

criminal issues, the Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas

have been always trying to make an appropriate

action through discussion and agreement approaches

with the community members involved. However, if

the cases break the law of Babinsa and

Bhabinkamtibmas, then the cases will go to the

courts.

Besides curative actions, preventative actions are

also promoted by Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas to

address the issues mentioned. The preventative

actions used to prevent criminal issues from

happening in order to promote and maintain

community’s safety and discipline. The preventative

approaches involve some actions including

providing supervision to some stakeholders who

play an important role in the society such as Linmas

(Perlindungan Masyarakat [civil defence,

emergency service]) members, PKK(Pemberdayaan

Kesejahteraan Keluarga [Family Welfare

Empowerment]), Karang Taruna (Local Youth

Organisation), and the society in general in the

controlling of foreseen and unforeseen concerns in

the society. Additionally, the Babinsa and

Bhabinkamtibmas also routinely do siskamlingand

patroli (surrounding security) to all areas in the

Genteng Village. The Babinsa and Bhabin-

kamtibmas work in a collaboration with all

stakeholders including the local government,

headman of village, the head of the neighbourhood,

the head of local youth organisation, local public

figures, and religious leaders.

Furthermore, Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas

play an active role in various social activities in the

society. The Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas have

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been actively supporting the society to improve

public facilities, build a bridge, promote Integrated

Service Post (Posyandu), help with local home

improvements, and either attend in a local event

such as wedding event or funeral/memorial service.

Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas are also obliged to

attend and participate in every religious holy days

such as PHBI (Peringatan Hari Besar Islam) and

PHBN (Peringatan Hari Besar Nasional) that are

held by local people in the Genteng Village. These

programmes are useful to strengthen and maintain

relationships between citizens to create a

harmonious environment.

In regard to the educational contribution, the

Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas provide support to

all schools in the Village Genteng by promoting the

importance of education and road safety as well as

providing information about the risks of drugs

misuse, free sex, and violence among young people.

They usually run these programmes when they

become the head of flag ceremony in schools.

In the village development, the Babinsa and

Bhabinkamtibmas participate in controlling the use

of Village Fund (Dana Desa) allocated by the

central government to the village government. This

controlling process done regularly starting from the

discussion of village development planning

(Musyawarah Rencana Pembangunan Desa/

Musrenbangdes), Village Budgeting and Income

Budgeting activities (Kegiatan Penyusunan

Anggaran Pendapatan dan Belanja Desa/APBDes) to

the implementation stage. These programmes are not

only done by Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas but

also by other social institution located in Genteng

Village such as BPD, LPMD, local youth

organisation (Karang Taruna), PKK, the headman of

village, the headman of local neighbourhoods, and

the society themselves who are becoming more

aware of the importance of controlling the Dana

Desa (the village fund).

In addition to the programmes mentioned, the

Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas also play an active

role in overseeing other government programmes

implemented at the village level. Some of these

programs such as Poverty Alleviation programme

(e.g. Program Keluarga Harapan (Family Hope

Programme), Program Bantuan Pangan Non Tunai

(Non-Cash Food Assistance Programme), Program

Rumah Tinggal Layak Huni (Livable Living

Program), Program Kelompok Usaha Bersama

(Joint Business Group Program), Program Kartu

Indonesia Pintar (Smart Indonesia Card

Programme), Program Kartu Indonesia Sehat

(Health Card Program), Agricultural Programmes

(e.g. seed assistance, fertilizer and agricultural

equipment) and so on. In this case, the Babinsa and

Bhabinkamtibmas are responsible for distributing,

tracking, controlling, and reporting the use of the

village fund.

In the implementation of social assistance

programmes, there exist various kind of problems,

including jealousy amongst society members,

inaccurate targets, conflicts of interests, and

irregularities in the distribution of social assistance

that are not in accordance with the procedures. In

addressing these problems, Babinsa and

Bhabinkamtibmas conduct supervision to minimize

it.

In regard to the village development, the

development is currently not only focused on the

physical development but also the human resource

development. The village government together with

Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas of Genteng Village

always send out productive age citizens to various

training activities, ranging from work training held

by the Sumedang District Manpower Office to

various capacity building training (agriculture,

plantation, processing of agricultural/plantation

products, post-harvest, government, etc.) held either

by the government or private sectors.

Furthermore, Genteng Village has become one of

the main locations for KKN (Kuliah Kerja Nyata) or

a Community Service Programme led by students in

the community in which this programme is

positively welcomed by the village government,

Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas. The universities

who run their KKN in Genteng Village usually have

a range of programmes that can be useful for the

human resource development in the village. With

these programmes, it is hoped that the local

community can be more aware of the importance of

education. In addition, all parents in the village are

expected to encourage their children to pursue

higher education which can potentially have a

positive impact on their children’s motivation. The

activities are also expected to promote the

importance of information sharing amongst society

to increase their knowledge and capacity as well as

to increase opportunities in developing various

potential assets of Genteng Village in all community

aspects. Indeed, there is an opportunity for a

pentahelix collaboration between the government,

private sectors, the community, academics, and the

media for the village development which might not

exist the other villages.

In regard to the culture and religion aspects, the

village government, Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas

strive to maintain their culture and customs based

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religious values. An example of the cultural aspects

is maintaining a culture of mutual cooperation

amongst society, environmentally friendly living,

protection of nature and forests, and religious

cultures (e.g. commemoration of the prophet's

birthday, commemoration of the Islamic New Year,

munggahan tradition, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha,

etc). These cultures are felt necessary to be

maintained since cultures and customs are one of the

important factors in developing and maintaining

community bonding in the Genteng Village with the

aim of creating a harmonious environment. Not only

a harmonious living with other human beings, but

also with the God and the surrounding nature that is

the source of their livelihood. The Babinsa and

Bhabinkamtibmas’ attempts to promote the

importance of maintaining traditional cultures are

usually carried out in formal forums such as weekly

meetings, religious forums and other occasions.

Finally, in terms of politics, Babinsa and

Bhabinkamtibmas strive to ensure that

heterogeneous political choices do not potentially

become a conflict and division in the society. This is

done through various outreach activities such as

providing socialisation, guidance, and appeals

through various media as well as monitoring the

community to keep the election safe and peaceful.

Therefore, it can be argued that Babinsa and

Bhabinkamtibmas of Genteng Village basically have

been working in accordance with their duties and

functions properly, including their duty to provide

guidance, protect, maintain order and public safety.

This is in accordance with the concept expressed by

Musabrianto and Darmawan (2012) and Sari et al.

(2016). Furthermore, it can also be seen that the

tasks carried out by Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas

aim to create a harmonious village environment,

where each community member can live and

function socially and contribute to the village

development. This is consistent with the concept

explained by Kartini & Zohrah (2018) and Darajat

(2015).

4 CONCLUSION

Overall, the overarching aims of this study were

achieved. This chapter revisits the research questions

posed and considers the main findings of this

research in the context of the wider literature and

empirical research reviewed as follow:

a. Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas play an important

role in providing guidance, protecting, promoting

order and community security as well as

encouraging the village development in various

aspects of the community, including social,

educational, economic, cultural, religious, and

political aspects.

b. In terms of social issue, Babinsa and

Bhabinkamtibmas of Desa Genteng conduct

various preventive and curative efforts in solving

various criminal cases and play an active role in

various social activities.

c. In educational field, Babinsa and Bhabin-

kamtibmas of Genteng Village provide a range

of support to all schools in the village.

d. In the village development, Babinsa and Bhabin-

kamtibmas of Genteng Village provide guidance

and supervision over the use of Dana Desa

(Village Funds), the use of village facilities and

infrastructure, the implementation of other

government programmes (such as social

assistance programs and other assistances), and

the human resource development.

e. In the field of culture and religion, the village

government, Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas of

Genteng Village always strive to encourage the

local community to preserve their culture and

traditional customs based on their religious

values.

f. In the political field, Babinsa and Bhabinkam-

tibmas of Genteng Village try to prevent the

heterogeneous political choices from potential

conflict and division in the community

5 RECOMMENDATIONS

Based on the conclusion mentioned, this study has

some recommendations for the Babinsa and

Bhabinkamtibmas of Genteng Village to create a

harmonious environment as follow:

a. The study proposes consideration of working in a

collaboration with the village government and

other related stakeholders.

b. The Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas of Genteng

Village can promote the Pentahelix collaboration

between the government, private sectors, the

community, academics, and media for the village

development and to create a harmonious

environment of Genteng Village.

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