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Police officers report work to public
(China Daily)
Updated: 2004-12-01 00:06
Nearly 5,000 police officers at all of Beijing's 363 grass-roots police
substations yesterday started to report their work to residents in their
precincts.
The report meetings, the first of their kind, will take place over the next
10 days, said Yu Hongyuan, vice-director of the Beijing Public Security Bureau.
Zhang Xiaolai, head of the Police Substation of Er'longlu, a community in
Xicheng District of downtown Beijing, was the first to report his work to local
residents yesterday.
Each police officer's report session requires a minimum of 50 local residents
from different walks of life to be in attendance, said Yu.
In his one-and-half-hour report, Zhang not only dealt with routine issues
such as public order, criminal cases, permanent and floating population and
residence registration services, but also dealt with negligence, corruption and
abuses of power.
"I cannot predict at present how the new system will improve local policing.
But the idea to make police officers interact with the public is constructive,"
Liu Peizhao, one of the resident delegates attending the report yesterday, told
China Daily.
Liu is a member of the Xicheng District Committee of the Chinese People's
Political Consultative Conference, the advisory body to the local government.
He said by reporting on detailed aspects of police station's work, Zhang
Xiaolai touched on some problems that many local people care most about, such as
the management of floating population and renting houses, and the frequent theft
of bicycles.
"Residents' scrutiny is likely to encourage the police to work more
prudently," said Liu.
"Our police usually have an image of bravery in fighting against crimes. But
they also play an important role in disputes between neighbours," Liu Meiping,
an elderly resident who attended the report meeting, told China Daily yesterday.
"I'm basically satisfied with the work of Zhang and his station. They have
indeed made a lot of efforts to safeguard public order. My suggestion is that
the police officers should improve their communications with residents, such as
visiting households regularly," said Liu Meiping.
All the 50-plus delegates at yesterday's report meeting were asked to fill
out an evaluation form on the performance of the police substation's head.
The evaluation form includes 13 items including the effectiveness of local
police officers, corruption, ad hoc fines and negligence.
Residents feedback will be recorded in a police dossier, said Yu Hongyuan.
Yu said the reports will take place twice a year -- from June 1-10 and
December 1-10.
"The new method of reporting is aimed at improving ties between the police
and the public and letting residents monitor us more strictly. It may help
improve the image of local police as well as the community's confidence in
public security," said Yu.
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