Abstract

Indonesian Police is a state apparatus that plays a role to maintain public security and order, to enforce the law and to provide protection, assistance, and service to the community in terms of maintaining internal security in accordance with the Article 5 of Act No. 2 of 2002 on the police. Police discretion is an authority given to the police, to take decisions in certain situations that require separate consideration and a matter of moral and located within the boundaries between law and morals. Benchmark for police officers to use discretionary authority in dealing with anarchy in society, is based on statute approach through conceptual approach which is based on (Case Approach) in the field, such as the emergency condition, for the sake of public interest, in terms of self-defending or defending others, and in terms of defending slef-respect or own property. Keywords : Police, Discretion.