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13. Police Communication Office: responsible for the telecommunication among other police organi-
zations, and maintaining the police radio system.
14. Civil Defense Office: responsible for controlling transmitting civil defense intelligence, and main-
taining air-raid alarms, and planning civil defense operations.
15. Police Equipment Maintenance Plant: responsible for repairing police weapons and manufacturing their
components, as well as assisting local police departments in the maintenance of weapons and vehicles.
Moreover, each municipality/county/city has its own police department. Each police department
commands its police precincts, various divisions and brigades, and Civil Defense Center. Under po-
lice precincts are police stations that cover police beats, the basic unit carrying out police duties and
providing police services.
In addition, the Central Police University is also established under the MOI, responsible for ad-
vanced police education and academic research on policing.
II. Police Functions
1. Police Education and Examinations
(1) Police education, consisting of cultivation education, further education, and advanced education, is pro-
vided by the Central Police University (CPU) and the Taiwan Police College (TPC) respectively. (Table 7-1)
Table 7-1 Numbers of Officers Graduating from the CPU and the TPC
Unit: Persons
Central Police University
Bachelor’s Taiwan Police
Year Total Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree College
Doctorate (Two-year Technical
Degree (Undergraduate Program)
Program)
2018 2 766 12 154 289 100 2 211
2019 2 829 5 104 294 103 2 323
2020 2 605 7 105 279 98 2 116
2021 1 277 9 153 251 85 779
2022 1 106 14 124 197 50 721
Note: In light of the overall manpower policy and staff vacancies in police organizations, the TPC has reduced the number of students
enrolled since 2019, leading to a significant decrease in the number of graduates in 2021 accordingly.
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