What law is the police verbal warning based on?

Legal analysis: verbal warning is an administrative punishment, not a criminal punishment, and generally there is no criminal record.

There are six kinds of administrative sanctions, from light to heavy, namely warning, demerit recording, gross demerit recording, demotion, dismissal and dismissal. Administrative warning means to remind people not to commit another crime, which is a disciplinary action. It can be oral or written, and the disciplinary organ chooses to apply it. Warning is generally applicable to minor administrative violations and is the lightest administrative punishment.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Public Security Administration Punishment Law.

Article 77 For those who report, accuse or report violations of public security administration, public security organs shall promptly accept and register cases of violations of public security administration transferred by other administrative departments and judicial organs.

Article 78 After accepting a report, complaint, report or surrender, the public security organ shall immediately investigate if it considers that it is a violation of public security administration; If it is considered that it is not a violation of public security administration, it shall inform the informant, the complainant, the informant and the person who surrendered himself, and explain the reasons.

Article 79 Public security organs and their people's policemen shall investigate public security cases according to law. It is strictly forbidden to extort confessions by torture or collect evidence by threats, enticements, deception and other illegal means.