China Police
Throughout history, the police posts have assumed various roles and functions in China. On 1951, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) implemented the “Provisional Regulations on Urban Household Management” Which promised to secure social order and protect the people’s safety. On 1954, the National People’s Congress approved regulations of public security police posts. This regulation imposed a lot of duties and responsibilities to the police posts. Duties such as protecting the social order, preventing crimes, and deterring criminals, and educating citizens so they maintain a high revolutionary spirit. They also manage special businesses such as hotels and theaters, amongst other responsibilities. The police posts had transformed …show more content…
With about 2 million police officers in China, they go into work early in the morning, and wait for local people to come by with complaints. Police in China are poorly trained and paid, and are regarded with suspicion due to this. The police in China are more known for maintaining government control by controlling crowds or riots than for actually solving crime. Citizens often are frustrated with their inability to make an effort to solve crime that has affected them. There is usually not a need of a big amount of security, because their impact is felt even when they are not around. Police in China are somewhat feared in some areas because of their harsh control over the people. In March 2011, there were some figures released showing that there has been an increase of spending on police in China. The official domestic security budget outstripped the military’s for the first time. This means that China’s main focus has switched over to the public safety, and public order aspect before anything else. Spending on law and order will rise to $95 billion dollars in 2011 compared to the People’s Liberation Army which will receive $91.5 billion …show more content…
There are many concerns surrounding these programs, such as corruption issues with the police selling this information to marketing companies. China’s police has also has had major crime fighting efforts with different operations. One of the operations called “Operation Strike Hard” which launched in 1996, was a government crackdown on corruption, organized crime and smuggling among other crimes. This program led to the execution of 3,500 people in 1996
Throughout history, the police posts have assumed various roles and functions in China. On 1951, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) implemented the “Provisional Regulations on Urban Household Management” Which promised to secure social order and protect the people’s safety. On 1954, the National People’s Congress approved regulations of public security police posts. This regulation imposed a lot of duties and responsibilities to the police posts. Duties such as protecting the social order, preventing crimes, and deterring criminals, and educating citizens so they maintain a high revolutionary spirit. They also manage special businesses such as hotels and theaters, amongst other responsibilities. The police posts had transformed …show more content…
With about 2 million police officers in China, they go into work early in the morning, and wait for local people to come by with complaints. Police in China are poorly trained and paid, and are regarded with suspicion due to this. The police in China are more known for maintaining government control by controlling crowds or riots than for actually solving crime. Citizens often are frustrated with their inability to make an effort to solve crime that has affected them. There is usually not a need of a big amount of security, because their impact is felt even when they are not around. Police in China are somewhat feared in some areas because of their harsh control over the people. In March 2011, there were some figures released showing that there has been an increase of spending on police in China. The official domestic security budget outstripped the military’s for the first time. This means that China’s main focus has switched over to the public safety, and public order aspect before anything else. Spending on law and order will rise to $95 billion dollars in 2011 compared to the People’s Liberation Army which will receive $91.5 billion …show more content…
There are many concerns surrounding these programs, such as corruption issues with the police selling this information to marketing companies. China’s police has also has had major crime fighting efforts with different operations. One of the operations called “Operation Strike Hard” which launched in 1996, was a government crackdown on corruption, organized crime and smuggling among other crimes. This program led to the execution of 3,500 people in 1996