Youme Law Firm LLC said that from March 1, 2025, the public security sector will have only three levels: ministries, provinces and communes.
The functions, tasks and powers of the district-level police will be adjusted to the commune police and the provincial police.
Some tasks of the commune police after the no longer exist of district-level police:
- Resign from the procedure for issuing and exchanging citizen identification cards.
- Issuance of driver's license renewal.
- Receiving registration, issuing license plates of cars, motorbikes, motorbikes...
- Issuing a criminal record.
- Patrolling, controlling and handling traffic violations on commune and village roads under management...
The powers of the commune-level police include:
- Grasp the security, order and social safety situation in the commune, propose to the Party Committee, People's Committee at the same level and the superior police agency on policies, plans and measures to ensure security, order and social safety and organize the implementation of those policies, plans and measures.
- Advising the People's Committee of the commune and organizing the implementation of legal regulations on management and education of subjects subject to probation, non-custodial reform, and those sentenced to prison but granted suspended sentences in the commune.
- Management of amnestied people, people after drug rehabilitation and people who have completed their prison sentences must continue to be managed according to the provisions of law.
- Comply with legal regulations on residence management and other travel documents. Management of explosives, weapons, support tools, fire prevention, fighting, environmental protection.
- Receive, classify, and handle according to authority cases with signs of violating the law on security, order, and social safety in the commune.
- Organize the arrest of criminals in the act of red-handed, people with wanted and wanted decisions who are hiding in the commune; escort the arrested person to the police agency at the direct superior level.
- Sanction administrative violations; prepare a dossier to propose applying other administrative measures to law violators in the commune according to the provisions of law and the instructions of the Minister of Public Security.
- Requested agencies, organizations and individuals in the commune to coordinate activities, provide information and perform tasks related to ensuring security, order and social safety.
- In urgent cases, to rescue victims, rescue... mobilize people and vehicles of organizations and individuals and must immediately return the mobilized vehicle when the situation ends and immediately report to the Chairman of the People's Committee at the same level...
- Use weapons and support tools and implement a number of police work measures according to the provisions of law and instructions of the Minister of Public Security to protect security, order and social safety in the commune.
- Participate in the implementation of enrollment and recruitment into the People's Armed Forces; practice and practice the implementation of national defense, security, rescue, overcoming the consequences of natural disasters and other serious incidents.
- Receive denunciations and reports of crimes, make a record of receipt, conduct preliminary inspections and verification and immediately transfer denunciations and reports of crimes with relevant documents and objects to the competent investigation agency...
