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up by individual candidates, creating tremendous and complicated work operations; therefore, the
NPA will meticulously plan and carry out all works to secure public safety. The NPA's goals include
purging the public safety environment before the elections, achieving the fairness of the elections
by strictly cracking down on vote-buying, ensuring that the vote casting and counting works are

conducted smoothly, and allowing peace and harmony to thrive in society after the elections.
(4) Management of assemblies and parades

Under the provisions of the “Assembly and Parade Act” and the “Operation Directions for
Police Agencies Processing Application for Assembly or Parade Permit” and the principle of “Pro-

tecting Lawfulness, Banning Illegality, and Deterring Violence,” the relevant police authorities ac-
cordingly enforced the law while those assemblies and parades were in progress. Police arrested
violent criminals at the scenes for their offenses, collected concrete evidence, and brought to trial
and punished offenders. A total of 5,426 assemblies and parades were held in 2021, and 114,403

police officers were assigned to maintain public order.

(5) Security arrangements for Taiwan National Day (“Double Ten Day”)

A command center for security arrange-
ments of the 2021 Taiwan National Day
celebrations was set up to integrate and
coordinate all the resources from the police,

military police, and relevant intelligence
agencies. The NPA was responsible for
implementing security measures and main-

taining traffic order. A total of 10,931 police
Safeguarding Work on National
officers and auxiliary officers were mobilized.

(6) Combating terrorist attacks

The NPA held the 2021 Jing-Yong Security Drill on November 23, 2021, in which the police re-
sponded to an aircraft-hijacking and hostage taking situation, in order to enhance the real-time
decision making capability of the police in emergencies.

The NPA has been holding counter-terrorism & S.W.A.T. training (once every month for five
days) since October, 2021, which integrates concepts and practical exercises to strengthen our

nation’s capability to respond to major violence incidents or terrorist attacks.

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