Bali Police Plant Trees and Clean Kuta Beach

Kuta — Bali Police held a Green Policing activity on Friday, Oct. 23, at the Baruna Disaster Shelter on Kuta Beach in Badung, planting trees and cleaning the beach with residents and environmental volunteers.

The activity brought police officers, local officials, environmental activists and residents together for a community clean-up and greening effort. The gotong royong began at 7 a.m. WITA (UTC+8), according to the report.

Why the Kuta activity matters

For foreign visitors and residents, the event reflects a practical focus on shared public spaces: keeping the shoreline clean, protecting planted trees and maintaining facilities used by the wider community. It also places environmental care within the Bali Police’s public-service work, rather than treating beach maintenance as the responsibility of authorities alone.

Inspector General Pasma Royce, the Bali police chief, attended with Deputy Chief Brigadier General I Made Astawa and senior Bali Police officials. Participants included Kawan Alam Indonesia, its Bali volunteers, subdistrict and village representatives, the Kuta Beach Cleanliness Task Force and personnel from several police units.

Royce described Green Policing as the first of eight Quick Wins introduced by National Police Chief General Suyudi Ario Seto. The programme is intended to make public spaces safer through a police presence across community life, while the Friday-morning activity was also presented as consistent with Bali’s Tri Hita Karana philosophy.

The police chief urged residents to continue simple environmental practices, including not littering, caring for public facilities, and looking after trees and open spaces near their homes.

Sources

• detikBali — regional news report
• rri.co.id