The Ministry of Public Security is drafting a Circular stipulating procedures for patrolling, controlling, and handling administrative violations of road traffic order and safety.
Article 7 of the draft circular stipulates that the traffic police team is allowed to arrange a department of officers in disguise (in plain clothes), to coordinate with the department of patrol officers and public control according to the approved plan. has the authority to issue according to the provisions of Clause 3 of this Article to perform the tasks of patrolling, controlling and handling violations on assigned routes and areas.
However, to perform their duties in disguise, traffic police must meet the following conditions:
There must be a patrol and control plan prescribed by competent authorities.
The content of the plan must clearly state the implementation method; force; skin; Communication methods, time, routes, patrol and control areas; mean of transportation; professional technical means and equipment; weapons, support tools and other technical means are used for patrol and control.
Director of Traffic Police Department; Director of Provincial Police; Head of department guides patrols and controls road and rail traffic; Head of Traffic Police Department; The District Police Chief according to this regulation decides on wearing police uniforms, wearing plain clothes when patrolling, public control combined with costumes;
The costume officers and the patrol and publicity control officers in the traffic police team must keep an appropriate distance to ensure timely and legal handling of violations.
The costume officers department is responsible for directly observing and using vehicles and professional technical equipment to monitor traffic order and safety, and detect violations of road traffic laws. and other violations of law; When detecting a violation, you must immediately notify the patrol and public control department to stop the vehicle, control and handle it according to regulations.
In case of detecting a serious violation of road traffic, security, and social order, if not prevented promptly, it will cause dangerous consequences for society, causing damage to the agency's property. Organizations and individuals that harm the lives and health of traffic participants shall use the People's Police Identification Card to notify and mobilize the People to coordinate and immediately stop violations; Notify and coordinate with the patrol and public control department to resolve the violation at the place where the violation is discovered or bring the violator to the nearest Police headquarters to resolve according to regulations.
Cases of public patrol and control combined with disguises include:
Use professional technical means and equipment to improve the effectiveness of ensuring road traffic order and safety;
Fight against crime; Complicated situation of security, order or road traffic safety and order.
Authority to decide on patrol and public control combined with disguise:
Director of Traffic Police Department; The Director of the Provincial Police Department or higher shall decide on public patrol and control combined with disguise as prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article.
Head of the Department of Patrol Guidance and Road and Railway Traffic Control; Head of Traffic Police Department; The District Police Chief decides on public patrol and control combined with disguise in prescribed cases.
