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National Police

(6) Security measures of Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade

Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade was held from August 19 to 30, 2017. 11,397 representatives,
including 7,639 athletes and 3,758 staffs, from 131 nations joined the largest-ever international

sports event in Taiwan. The NPA mobilized all national police officers and equipment, integrating
all resources from national security team and related ministries to fulfil the demand of security
measures. Approximate 120,000 police officers had been deployed during the event, including
local police, reserved police force, special task police force and SWAT team, to ensure the
security of all delegations.

4. Criminal Investigation Police
The main task of the criminal investigation police is to prevent and investigate crimes and to

suppress hoodlums and organized gangs.

(1) Crime prevention

In order to control criminal offenses, the NPA has

divided police functional duties into two categories: the
overall prevention of criminal cases and various necessary
precautions against juvenile delinquency. The police
have been campaigning for crime prevention within their
communities, establishing crime prevention mechanisms,

ensuing financial institutions' safety, improving the
performances of detectives assigned on the beat and
preventing ex-convicts from reoffending. The police

functional duties also involve protection of youths,
campus security maintenance, household visits, dissuading
teenagers from the commission of crimes, clamping down
on juvenile delinquency, and detecting violations of the
▲ The advertisement of anti- fraud
Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act. The

major goal is to eradicate the roots of crime and thereby to protect the safety of the people.

The 165 anti-fraud counseling hotline is responsible for providing anti-fraud advice and processing
criminal complaints against fraudulent crimes. The NPA has established various information systems
in order to coordinate all police agencies and cooperate with financial and telecommunication

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