Deputy Minister of Public Security Le Tan Toi: There is a satisfactory policy for the part-time communal police force.

On the morning of August 3, Nghe An Police held a conference to meet, commend and reward the semi-professional communal police force with outstanding achievements in ensuring security and order.

Attending and directing the Conference were comrades: Major General Le Tan Toi - Deputy Minister of Public Security; Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Colonel Vo Trong Hai - Director of Nghe An Provincial Police. Photo: Duc Vu

The extended arm of the People's Public Security force

In the past time, implementing Resolution No. 22-NQ/TW dated March 15, 2018 of the Politburo on continuing to innovate and reorganize the Ministry of Public Security apparatus to be streamlined, operate effectively and efficiently, and the directive documents of the Government, the Ministry of Public Security, and Nghe An province, Nghe An Public Security has actively advised Party committees and authorities at all levels to arrange regular police in 100% of communes and towns.

Part-time commune police chiefs have been transferred to other positions or retired ahead of schedule; deputy commune police chiefs and police officers continue to perform their duties, are assigned other jobs or are retired according to the regime.

Major General Le Tan Toi - Deputy Minister of Public Security gave a speech at the conference. Photo: Vuong Linh

The total number of part-time commune police officers in Nghe An province is currently 4,286, including 462 deputy commune police chiefs and 3,824 police officers.

As a semi-professional armed force in the People's Public Security organization system, the semi-professional Commune Public Security force is an extended arm of the People's Public Security force, clearly demonstrating its pioneering and core role and position in the cause of protecting security, order and the movement to protect national security at the grassroots level.

From 2015 to now, the semi-professional communal police force has proactively detected, received information, classified and directly resolved over 2,920 cases related to security and order; coordinated to reconcile over 800 cases of conflicts and disputes among the people; prepared files to transfer over 725 cases to the superior police to resolve within their authority; called and warned hundreds of violators and those showing signs of violating the law for general prevention.

Colonel Vo Trong Hai - Director of Nghe An Police Department presented gifts to former commune police chiefs and deputy chiefs and police officers across the province. Photo: Duc Vu

Many advanced models and examples in the mass movement to protect national security at the grassroots level have truly become bright spots for many localities across the country to learn from, such as:“People's patrol team”; “Veterans with security and order assurance work”; “Peaceful parishes and parishes, without lawbreakers and social evils”.Special,Together with the regular police force, we have advised on the construction and effective maintenance of 8 models that have been commended nationwide by the Ministry of Public Security.

5 heroic commune police officers sacrificed, 91 officers were injured

With the outstanding achievements gained in the past time, from 2008 to now, there have been 1,220 collectives and 958 individuals in the semi-professional communal police force that have been commended and rewarded by all levels and sectors. Notably, in the process of performing their duties, 5 semi-professional communal police comrades heroically sacrificed their lives and 91 comrades were injured.

Major General Le Tan Toi - Deputy Minister of Public Security presents gifts to the relatives of five part-time commune police officers who heroically sacrificed their lives. Photo: Duc Vu

Speaking at the conference, Major General Le Tan Toi - Deputy Minister of Public Security acknowledged and commended the outstanding achievements and results that the semi-professional communal police force in Nghe An has achieved in recent times.

The Deputy Minister of Public Security affirmed that the semi-professional communal police have made efforts to stay close to the people, villages, and hamlets, not afraid of difficulties and hardships to ensure security and order at the grassroots level. Many major criminal and drug cases have had the active participation of the semi-professional communal police force.

In the coming time, Deputy Minister Le Tan Toi requested Nghe An Provincial Police to actively advise People's Committees at all levels to have appropriate and reasonable policies and regimes for commune police chiefs and deputy chiefs who have transferred jobs or retired according to the regime. For those who have transferred jobs or retired, it is necessary to pay attention to building them into prestigious people and mobilizing people to comply with the law at the grassroots level.

Nghe An Provincial Police visited and encouraged comrade Nguyen Duc Cuong, former permanent police officer of Long Xa commune (Hung Nguyen), who was injured while performing his duties in 2017. Photo: Vuong Linh)

On this occasion, Nghe An Provincial Police organized a gift-giving ceremony for 5 relatives of the commune police officers who heroically sacrificed their lives while performing their duties; and presented gifts to 70 former commune police chiefs and deputy chiefs, and police officers across the province who had made outstanding contributions during their work.