 Other than enforcing discipline and maintaining law and order for/in the Indonesian National Armed Forces, they also conduct escort and Honour guard duties for the head of state, high-ranking military officials, and VVIPs.The military police are also tasked for supervising prisoners of war (POWs), controlling military prisoners, arresting deserters, managing military traffic, conducting access-control for military installations, issuing military driving licenses and conducting joint law enforcement operations with the civilian police, such as implementing traffic checkpoints and crime investigation to take action towards military personnel caught red-handed in violations.In Indonesia, the term "Provost" is attributed only to the Regimental police which are soldiers assigned to enforce internal law, discipline, and order of a military base (usually a Battalion or Regiment), while the Military Police are known locally as "Polisi Militer" sometimes shortened "PM" or "POM" which have bigger authority and can arrest "Provosts" involved in crime and violations.