This study was conducted to determine the role of the police in handling criminal
cases of motor vehicle theft. Motor vehicle theft is a crime that has a rate that is still
high in the city of Yogyakarta. Starting from the description, authors would like to
examine further the rule of the police as law enforcement in maintaining security,
maintain order, enforce the law, as well as providing protection, guidance, and
service to the community by writing laws that entitled the rule of the police in
handling criminal cases of motor vehicle theft. The formulation of the issues raised
by the author in writing this law is how the rule of the police in handling criminal
cases of theft of motor vehicle and any obstacles faced by the police in solving cases
of theft of motor vehicle. Legal research is conducted aiming to identify and analyze
the roles and constrains faced by the police in dealing with motor vehicle theft in the
city of Yogyakarta. role of the police in handling criminal cases of motor vehicle
theft appears police efforts made both repressive and preventive.