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Policing

I. Police Organizations

The National Police Agency (NPA), established under the Ministry of the Interior (MOI), is re-
sponsible for national police administrative affairs; it commands and supervises police organizations
throughout Taiwan to carry out police missions.

The NPA’s subordinate departments are as follows:

1. Criminal Investigation Bureau: responsible for crime prevention, investigation and forensic analysis.
2. Aviation Police Bureau: responsible for ensuring airport safety, conducting security checks, con-
trolling traffic, responding to emergencies, and providing assistance at the airports.

3. National Highway Police Bureau: responsible for patrolling, traffic enforcement, and handling traf-
fic accidents on national highways and designated expressways.

4. Railway Police Bureau: responsible for the protection of railways, prevention and detection of crime on
railways.

5. The First, Fourth and Fifth Special Police Corps: responsible for assisting local police departments
in crowd control and major incidents response.

6. The Second Special Police Corps: responsible for safeguarding state-owned and particular enter-
prises, assisting in the investigation of intellectual property right infringements.
7. The Third Special Police Corps: responsible for preventing security-endangered imports and illegal

exports, and cracking down on smuggling and other illicit actions.
8. The Sixth Special Police Corps: responsible for the security of incumbent and former (vice) presi-

dents, premiers, ministers, cabinet-level agencies and foreign missions.
9. The Seventh Special Police Corps: responsible for the security of state-owned and particular enter-
prises, and assisting in the conservation of national parks, forests and nature, the protection of the

environment and water resources, the investigation of food and drug safety.
10. Keelung, Taichung, Kaohsiung and Hualien Harbor Police Departments: responsible for harbors’

safety and security, crime investigating, and assisting in disaster rescue.
11. Taiwan Police College: responsible for police education, in-service training, policing research and de-
velopment.

12. Police Broadcasting Service: responsible for publicizing policing work, improving communication
between the police and citizens, delivering real-time traffic information and lost-and-found ex-
amining services for the general public.

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