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MOI 2O18 OUTLINE OF THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR
REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN)

I. National Police Organization

The National Police Agency (NPA) was established under the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) and
is responsible for police affairs. The NPA also commands and supervises all police organizations to
carry out police missions. Organizations established under the NPA are:

1. Criminal Investigation Bureau: Responsible for crime investigation, prevention, and criminal forensics.

2. Aviation Police Bureau: Responsible for ensuring airport security, conducting security checks,
maintaining traffic order and emergency/disaster rescue.

3. National Highway Police Bureau: Responsible for ensuring traffic order, handling traffic accidents

and enforcing traffic regulations on national highways and designated expressways.
4. Railway Police Bureau: Responsible for order maintenance and crime investigation on all trains, at

train stations and along state-run railway tracks.

5. The Special Police First, Fourth and Fifth Corps: Responsible for assisting local police departments to
handle crowd-gathering events, controlling access to and guarding the perimeter of major incidents.

6. The Special Police Second Corps: Responsible for safeguarding state-run businesses and special institutional
organizations, assisting in the handling and investigation of intellectual property right violations.

7. The Special Police Third Corps: Responsible for preventing goods that may endanger national
security from entering Taiwan or contraband from exiting the country, and investigating smuggling
and other illegal operations.

8. The Special Police Sixth Corps: Responsible for the security of the incumbent president (including
former presidents), vice president, top officials of central government agencies, other VIPs, central

government buildings, foreign embassies and consulates.
9. The Special Police Seventh Corps: Responsible for safeguarding state-run businesses and special

institutional organizations, and assisting in the inspection, crackdown and preservation of national
parks, environment, and natural conservation.

10. Keelung, Taichung, Kaohsiung and Hualien Harbor Police Departments: Responsible for ensuring
harbor security, investigating crime and assisting in disaster rescue.

11. Taiwan Police College: Responsible for police education, police in-service training, and academic
research and development.

12. Police Broadcasting Service: Responsible for publicizing information related to police works,

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