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(2) Civil service special examinations, including Grade 2, 3, and 4, are held every year for police re-
cruitment. Since 2011, these examinations have been separated into “Civil Service Special Exam-
ination for Police Officers” and “Civil Service Special Examination for General Police Officers”; the
examinees are then divided into “graduates of the Central Police University” or “graduates of the

Taiwan Police College” and “others without police education backgrounds” (see Table 7-2).

Table 7-2 Number of Examinees Passing Special Police Examinations
Unit: Persons

Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Year Total
for General for General for Police for General for Police
Police Officers Police Officers Officers Police Officers Officers

2017 5 614 2 60 434 3 005 2 113

2018 4 998 2 58 410 2 247 2 281

2019 3 502 1 34 311 825 2 331

2020 2 984 1 36 300 448 2 199

2021 1 916 1 22 280 735 878

Note: Taiwan Police College cooperate with the manpower policy and the actual vacancy situation, the number of admissions dropped
significantly since 2019.

2. Administrative Police

(1) Cracking down on offenses against sexual morality
Cracking down on offenses against sexual morality is one of the regular tasks of police depart-

ments. For the purpose of maintaining social order, the NPA’s top priorities are inspecting viola-
tions of the Human Trafficking Prevention Act, violations of the Child and Youth Sexual Exploita-
tion Prevention Act, and organized crimes involving sexual transactions in places such as karaoke
rooms, spas, dancing clubs, bars, certain type of coffee/tea shops, among others. In 2021, a total

of 901 cases were uncovered and 3,561 persons were arrested.

(2) Banning pornographic advertisements

In order to stop sex establishments from spreading pornographic messages, local police de-

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