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The People's Armed Police
by SolPo
The FUNCTIONS OF PAP
Although the press often presents reports on the PAP,
few are those which describe the PAP as an entity belonging to the Chinese "People's
Police." However, the PAP is, together with the Public Security
Police (治安警察) and the Judicial
Police (司法警察), one of the three components
of the police force in China.
Policemen and Soldiers
The Public Security Police is placed under the Ministry of Public Security (公安部) and made up of several branches: the criminal police (刑警), the traffic police (交警), the household registration police (戶籍警), the patrol police (巡警), and the fire brigades (消防警). To these must be added the railroad police (鐵路警察) under the Ministry of Railways and the public security police (correctional services, 治安警察, 管教) under the Ministry of Justice, both of which also have links with the Ministry of Public Security. The Judicial Police is under the control of the Supreme People's Court and of the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
The Public Security Policemen is on the left and
the
People's Armed Police soldier is on the right.
Members of the Public Security Police and of the Judicial Police are professional policemen, while the PAP soldiers serve in the force for three years under the Chinese compulsory military service scheme. They are placed under the Headquarters of the PAP which includes the following ten categories: the internal security unit (內衛部隊), the guard unit (警衛部隊), the border defense unit (邊防部隊), the fire fighting unit (消防部隊), the gold exploration unit (黃金部隊), the hydroelectric projects unit (水電部隊), the traffic unit (交通部隊), the forest unit (森林部隊), the mobile unit (機動部隊), and the special police (特警).
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