REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Jakarta's Metro Jaya Police Department will deploy eight hundred personnel to secure the 2014 Jakarta Marathon to be held on Sunday, October 26.
"We will deploy eight hundred personnel on security duty, starting Saturday night," Metro Jaya Police Department's spokesperson Senior Commissioner Rikwanto said on Friday.
Rikwanto added that the personnel would be deployed mostly along the marathon route, from the Monument National Square to Old Town area.
"There will not be any special regulation as the event will coincide with Car-Free Day (which is held every Sunday along MH Thamrin until Sudirman Street). But, the marathon's route to Old Town will be guarded, so will be the routes to Kapten Tendean and Gatot Subroto Street," he explained.
The event will start at 5 am local time on Sunday. But according to traffic management plan, road closures and diversions to facilitate the marathon will be in place from 4 am to 12 pm local time on Sunday.
The 2014 Jakarta Marathon will be the second annual event organized by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy and the government of Jakarta Capital Region.
The marathon has five race categories: full Marathon (42.195 km), half Marathon (21 km), 10 km, 5 km, and Marathon for kids. Some 14,120 runners from 50 countries will compete for a cash prize of 2.4 billion IDR.
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