National Police Agency Organization Act, Ministry of the Interior

2013-08-21
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Article 1
The National Police Agency (hereinafter referred to as the Agency) is established by the Ministry of the Interior for the administration of national police affairs and to command and supervise the execution of police tasks by police departments) nationwide.
Article 2
The Agency is in charge of national police functions and shall:
1. Plan and implement police organizational structures, personnel affairs, education, uniforms, duties, logistics system, the exercise of police authority, and other police legal systems.
2. Plan and implement provisions to ensure public security, the protection of the national leadership, preparedness for emergencies, and the handling of important and urgent cases.
3. Plan and implement assistance in criminal investigations, the handling of security cases involving foreigners, international police cooperation, and the assistance for transnational crime investigations.
4. Plan and implement security checks on border entry/exit and on civil aviation aircraft entering, leaving or flying within the national territory, as well as their crew, passengers and cargo.
5. Plan and supervise police reserve forces for maintaining public order; the safeguarding of assemblies and processions; the control of firearms, ammunition and knives; the control of self-defense guns, and civil defense.
6. Plan and supervise crime prevention efforts, crackdowns on organized crime, protection of the safety of women and children, searches for missing persons, and the maintenance of social order.
7. Plan and supervise the regulation of pawnshops and security guard businesses.
8. Plan and supervise the maintenance of traffic safety, regulation of traffic flows, handling of traffic accidents, and assistance for traffic safety awareness campaigns.
9. Plan and supervise police information operations, information (telecommunications) security, forensic technology, and electronic surveillance.
10. Coordinate, plan and supervise public security and public security investigations.
11. Plan and supervise police-citizen liaison, police public relations, police administration publicity, and police-citizen cooperation organizations.
12. Supervise police duty operations, and police conduct and disciplinary inspections and evaluations.
13. Coordinate disaster preparedness, response and civil defense matters.
14. Supervise, coordinate and promote the Agency’s subordinate institutions, including the Taiwan Police College, Police Telecommunications Office, Civil Defense Office, Police Equipment Maintenance Plant, and Police Broadcasting Service.
15. Engage in other police administrative matters.
Orders given to exercise command and supervision as prescribed in the preceding article shall be issued in writing, when necessary they may be issued verbally.
Article 3
The Agency shall have one director-general ranked as, police general, and three deputy directors-general, also ranked as police general.
Article 4
The Agency shall have one chief secretary, ranked as police supervisor.
Article 5
The Agency shall establish the following units and may divided them into sections to fulfill specific functions:
1. Operational units: General Affairs Division, Public Order Division, Education Division, International Affairs Division, Traffic Division, Logistics Division, Public Security Division, Crime Prevention Division, and Command and Control Center.
2. Support units: Internal Affairs Office, Public Relations Office, Secretariat, Personnel Office, Civic Service Ethics Office, Accounting Office, Statistics Office, Information Management Office and Legal Affairs Office.
Article 6
The Agency’s subordinate departments and their functions are as follows:
1. Criminal Investigation Bureau: responsible for crime investigation and prevention.
2. Aviation Police Bureau: responsible for airport safety and security.
3. National Highway Police Bureau: responsible for safety and security on national highways and designated expressways.
4. Railway Police Bureau: responsible for railway safety and security.
5. Special Police Corps: responsible for public order, reserve forces for riot control, vigilance, guarding, and public safety and security.
6. Harbor Police Departments: responsible for harbor safety and security.
The Criminal Investigation Bureau and the National Highway Police Bureau may each appoint three deputy directors-general; other subordinate departments may appoint one or two deputy directors-general.
The subordinate departments of the Agency may establish operational units as necessary to meet duty requirements.
Article 7
To fulfill duty requirements, the Agency may post officers overseas upon approval by the Executive Yuan pursuant to the Organization Act of Diplomatic Missions.
Article 8
The ranks, grades, and number of personnel for the various positions within the Agency shall be determined separately in the staffing table.
Article 9
The effective date of this Act shall be determined by order of the Executive Yuan.