Traffic accidents is a criminal act. Currently traffic accidents are very
common in the community. Traffic accidents, especially in the form of hit-andrun
crimes.
The
government
has
assigned
hit-and-run
crime
in
Law
Number
22

of

2009 concerning Road Traffic and Transportation. The police in this case
are very influential in and in taking action against hit-and-run crimes. The
police have made various efforts in the hit-and-run crime. The method used in
this research is normative legal research. The data used are sourced from
primary and secondary legal sources and interviews. The thought process is
used deductively in this research. The results of this study indicate that there
are several processes carried out by the police in the hit-and-run crime. as
well as from the various efforts made by the police also encountered several
obstacles related to evidence. The hope is that the actions taken by the police
can make hit-and-run offenders deterred and the public can learn to be
responsible if they are involved in an accident.