Eight-character summary of police duties

The eight-character summary of police duties is justice, fairness, law and conscience.

The duties of public security organs refer to the responsibilities and obligations that public security organs should undertake within their jurisdiction according to law, that is, the professional duties of public security organs. The public security organ is an important part of the state power, and it is an armed specialized organ for public security management and criminal justice under the people's democratic dictatorship in China.

Its task is to safeguard national security, maintain social order, protect citizens' personal safety, personal freedom and legal property, protect public property, prevent, stop and punish illegal and criminal activities, and ensure the smooth progress of reform, opening up and socialist modernization.

The people's police of public security organs shall perform the following duties in accordance with the division of responsibilities:

(a) to prevent, stop and investigate illegal and criminal activities;

(2) Maintaining public order and stopping acts endangering public order;

(3) Maintaining traffic safety and traffic order and handling traffic accidents;

(four) to organize the implementation of fire control work, the implementation of fire supervision;

(five) the management of firearms, ammunition, controlled knives and inflammable, explosive, toxic, radioactive and other dangerous goods;

(six) the management of special industries as stipulated by laws and regulations;

(seven) to guard the specific personnel specified by the state and guard the important places and facilities;

(8) Managing assemblies, processions and demonstrations;

(nine) the management of housework, nationality, entry and exit affairs and foreigners' residence and travel in China;

(ten) to maintain public order in the country (border);

(eleven) the execution of criminal punishment for criminals sentenced to criminal detention and deprivation of political rights;

(twelve) to supervise and manage the security protection of computer information systems;

(thirteen) to guide and supervise the public security work of state organs, social organizations, enterprises and institutions and key construction projects, and to guide the public security prevention work of mass organizations such as public security committees;

(fourteen) other duties as prescribed by laws and regulations.