Why did the active-duty police force change into armed police uniforms?

Let me first talk about the wearing of badges and armbands by the Armed Police Force.

The Armed Police Force has been wearing armbands and badges since the beginning of 2005, so that they can easily distinguish between police types and troops. There are internal security, gold, water and electricity, transportation, and forest troops, but the Armed Police Border Guard, Firefighting Neither the army nor the guard force (also known as the public security active force) wear badges or armbands. This also illustrates the difference between these three forces and the general armed police force. In other words, the subordinate unit of these three forces is the Ministry of Public Security, but It is still under the dual leadership of the State Council and the Central Military Commission. The appointments of personnel in the Border Defense Bureau, Guard Bureau, and Fire Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security are all approved by the Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security. They have dual identities as both the military and the police, because in addition to the Armed Police Officer Certificate, they also have the Public Security Police Officer Certificate. The Armed Police Headquarters only provides guidance on their political, military, logistics and other work, and does not have the right to lead.

The entire army has been wearing Type 99 uniforms since it changed its uniform in 1999. It seems that the armed police border defense, firefighting and security forces changed their uniforms later than other troops. I am not sure, but I know that these three units now wear uniforms. The troops do indeed wear Type 99 military uniforms.

Long before the armed police force was reorganized, that is, before 1983, these three forces did exist. At that time, they were directly led by the Ministry of Public Security and still implemented the compulsory military service system. After the Armed Police Headquarters was established on April 5, 1983, these three forces were included in the Armed Police sequence and were led by the Armed Police Headquarters. The Ministry of Public Security only took back the leadership of these three forces in 1985. This was done to allow more effective coordination when performing tasks. Because the Armed Police Force is an army, the army does not have law enforcement or criminal investigation powers. For example, In many cases, the Armed Police Border Guard Force has to contact the Ministry of Public Security or the local public security agency when carrying out anti-smuggling, combating illegal entry and exit and other illegal and criminal activities. However, the Armed Police Force and the public security agency do not have direct contact. In many cases, when performing tasks, one has to ask for instructions one level at a time, which is not conducive to fighting crime in the shortest possible time. Therefore, the Ministry of Public Security took back the leadership of these three forces, and established the Border Guard Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, the Fire Department of the Ministry of Public Security, and the Guard Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, all of which were established as military-level units. In border defense, firefighting, and security work, it is sometimes necessary to use armed deterrence to combat crime, which requires the military to surpass ordinary public security police, so it is still included in the armed police sequence. After the Armed Police Force wore badges and armbands in 2005, the active-duty police force did not wear them. This only shows that these three forces are different from the general Armed Police Force, but this does not necessarily mean that their management rights should be handed over to the Armed Police Headquarters. . What should also be mentioned here is that the leadership system of the Armed Police Border Defense Force underwent important reforms in 2003, increasing the intensity of centralized and unified management, and adjusting the past "hierarchical management, hierarchical command" to "a combination of unified leadership management and hierarchical command." . The adjustment of the management system is to better adapt to the new situation and new tasks faced by border defense work. I once saw on a very famous domestic military forum that a netizen said this after all armed police forces wore badges and armbands: "The armed police border defense, firefighting, and security forces did not wear them. This shows that the Ministry of Public Security is unwilling to give up on this issue." The management rights of the three forces." This sentence still makes sense.