Pelaksanaan Penyidikan Oleh Polsek Kampar Terhadap Perbuatan Main Hakim Sendiri (Eigenrichting) Yang Mengakibatkan Kematian

The act of vigilantism (eigenrichting) is a manifestation of the uncontrolled outburst of emotions from the community towards a suspected criminal who is caught red-handed and tried without going through legal process. Vigilante justice often results in losses for the victims, in the form of injuries and even death. Polri officials are given the authority to carry out investigations in dealing with the crime of vigilante justice. The formulation of the problem in the research is how the process of investigating the vigilante act (eigenrichting) which resulted in death at the Kampar Police and what are the obstacles to investigating the vigilante act (eigenrichting) at the Kampar Police. The method used in this research is observational research by means of a survey, meaning that the author directly conducts field observations to obtain the necessary data by using a data collection tool in the form of interviews. While the nature of this research is descriptive, namely to describe the condition or symptoms based on the collected sample. The investigation process is carried out, based on Article 15 of the Regulation of the Head of the National Police of the Republic of Indonesia Number 14 of 2012 concerning Criminal Investigation Management starting from investigations, sending SPDP, forced attempts, examinations, case titles, settlement of case files, submission of case files to the public prosecutors and submission of suspects and evidence, termination of investigation. Obstacles to investigating the eigenrichting which resulted in death at the Kampar Police are as follows: internal factors of vigilante actors, among others: Public distrust of law enforcers in dealing with criminals, Emotions and heartache towards criminals, So that the perpetrators of a criminal act deter and so that other perpetrators are afraid of doing the same thing, the assumption that judging the perpetrators of a criminal act is a public habit, follow suit. From external factors, namely the police who are slow and unprofessional in handling criminal cases