Inadequacies in policies and mechanisms for commune-level police and military forces

Ms. Thai Thi An Chung - Deputy Head of the Legal Committee of the Provincial People's Council as head of the delegation. Photo: Minh Chi

Accordingly, the content surveyed by the Legal Committee this time is related to 4 resolutions issued by the Provincial People's Council, including: Resolution No. 38/2012/HDND on regimes and policies for the police force of communes and towns; Resolution No. 171/2015/NQ-HDND on providing working equipment for the police force of communes and towns; Resolution No. 54/2016/NQ-HDND on regimes and policies for the militia and self-defense force; Resolution No. 55/2016/NQ-HDND on regular support levels for the positions of Team Leader and Deputy Team Leader and providing fire prevention and fighting equipment for the militia force in the province.

Through a survey in Thanh Lam commune, it is shown that basically the regimes, policies, and equipment for the forces according to the resolutions of the People's Council have been fully implemented, creating favorable conditions for the forces to operate and ensuring security and order in the commune. However, there are still some shortcomings and inadequacies related to the regimes and policies.

A representative of the provincial Fire Police Department spoke at the meeting with the People's Committee of Thanh Lam commune. Photo: Minh Chi

Mr. Le Van Hung - Commune Military Commander stated that according to Resolution No. 54/2016/NQ-HDND, the source of expenditure for the militia force, in addition to the provincial budget, is supplemented by the district and commune. However, due to Thanh Lam's difficult economic conditions, the decentralization of spending tasks at the commune budget level has not been guaranteed.

Specifically, the political training regime for militia during the training period only guarantees 50,000/80,000 VND/day. In addition, working conditions are limited, the office of the Commune Military Commander is shared with the Chairman of the Red Cross Society and there is no daily duty room for the militia force.

Thanh Lam Commune Police Chief Tran Xuan Tuyen said that the police department currently does not have beds, so when arresting suspects, both the police officers and the suspects must spread mats on the floor. Photo: Minh Chi

Regarding the regime and policies for the commune police force, according to the Commune Police Chief Tran Xuan Tuyen, the current regime for the Deputy Commune Police Chief is 1.1 and the permanent Police Officer is 0.9 of the basic salary, which is still low, while the requirements and work pressure are great, sometimes even having to ensure working hours 24/24.

On the other hand, the annual operating budget for the police force has not met the requirements of the task; some equipment has not been fully provided... In addition, the regime and policies for the police force are also too low, not attractive enough for this force, so they often go to work far away, so the locality has to supplement regularly, affecting the stability and effectiveness of this force's operations.

Mr. Phan Tuan Anh - Head of PV28 Department, Provincial Police, admitted that currently, the implementation of Resolution No. 171/2015/NQ-HDND on providing working equipment for commune and town police in the province is still lacking some items. The reason is that the provincial budget is allocated 2 billion VND/448 communes and towns each year; therefore, the Provincial Police must allocate and develop a plan to purchase equipment according to the roadmap and in the coming time will meet the demand.

The survey team found that the commune police office was only about 12 m2.2for 5 commune police to work. Photo: Minh Chi

Through the survey, Deputy Head of the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee Thai Thi An Chung acknowledged the seriousness and responsibility of local Party committees and authorities in implementing and bringing the resolutions of the Provincial People's Council into life.

Sharing the difficulties with the locality, the Deputy Head of the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee also requested the People's Committee of Thanh Lam commune to pay attention to arranging working rooms for the police and military as well as allocating the budget to ensure the regime for the militia force, meeting the requirements of the task.

The commune also needs to pay attention to building and strengthening training to improve the quality of activities of the commune police force, militia, and civil defense force; pay attention to managing and preserving the provided equipment to ensure safety and quality...