北京市公安局 | |
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Formed | 1949 |
Jurisdiction | City of Beijing |
Agency executive |
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Website | eng |
The Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau (Chinese: 北京市公安局; pinyin: Běijīng Shì Gōng'ānjú) is a department of the municipal government of Beijing. It serves as the city's public security bureau and police department. The headquarters is in Qianmen, Dongcheng District.
In 2010 the agency started a new public relations program by allowing Hong Kong and Macau media to attend press conferences and adding new spokespersons. All police officers of the Beijing police are armed with a variety of guns on the beat, e.g. QSZ-92, 2005 Chinese-made police revolver, QSW-06, officers in special units carry shotguns and swat members are armed with rifles, submachine guns and many more.