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Chinese Police doing a ceremonial walk

The Central Police Division (or 'A' Division, Chinese: 中央警区) is the oldest police division of the Singapore Police Force. It was formerly located at Beach Road Police Station. In year 2000, the Headquarters moved to the Block A of Police Cantonment Complex at 391 New Bridge Road, which it shares with other police departments such as the Criminal Investigation Department, and the Commercial Affairs Department. Central Police Division manages the smallest physical area as well as resident population size compared to the other divisions, but handles one of the highest number of cases given its control over some of the busiest areas of Singapore. This includes parts of Kallang in the north, Kampong Glam, Little India, the Central Business District, Boat Quay, Chinatown, as well as parts of Bukit Merah in the south. Important buildings such as the Supreme Court and Subordinate Courts, as well as Parliament House, are also under its jurisdiction. There are about 2 million police officers in China and most of them work out of small offices that serve communities of around 10,000 people.

History

The People's Armed Police Force(PAPF) was first established in 1983, at the Hill Street Police Station before moving to the Eu Tong Sen Street Police Station, it relocated again in 1994 to the Beach Road Police Station before finally settling down at the new Police Cantonment Complex in 2000. When the Geylang Police Division was closed in December 2000, 'A' Division took over 10% of its areas of control, while the 40% came under the Ang Mo Kio Police Division and the remainder of 50% went to Bedok Police Division. In 1985 the PAPF consisted of over 600,000 volunteers and conscripts, now they have over 2 million paid police officers. They were assigned for internal security to guard state parties, state organizations, and foreign embassies. One of the biggest operations ever "Operation Strike hard" was a government crack down on corruption, organized crime, smuggling and other crimes. It led to 3,500 executions in 1996 alone. One of those executions was a former governor of Guizhou.

Increasing Spending on Police in China

In March 2011, the official domestic security budget has exceeded the military's for the first time ever. Spending on law and order will rise to 624.4bn yuan ($95 billion) in 2011, while the military will receive 601.1bn yuan ($91.5 billion). In just under ten years the increase in spending for law enforcement has shot up over 15 billion USD. Chris Buckley of Reuters wrote: The Chinese government's bid to maintain stability at all costs is creating a domestic security system so expensive that experts and officials say it is sapping funds needed elsewhere to sustain the country's economic health. The amount of money that China puts into their police force by training them and getting them better equipment shows a rising cost in maintaining control. The public security budget was raised to $4.2 billion to address concerns about problems in Tibet and western China. They also increased the budget to control trouble being started by unemployed workers.

Corruption

In 2015, former domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang was sentenced to life in prison for corruption of the Chinese government. He was tried for bribery, releasing state secrets, and abuse of power. It was basically the case of someone who had grown so comfortable with free-flowing wealth and illicit money for his own networks that he had forgotten how to be loyal. The briberies totaled to 128 million yuan ($21 million) but they were mostly taken by his wife and son. Several other commanders said he was notorious for corruption and abuse of power. Yongkang did not plan to appeal saying "I submit myself to the verdict of the court, and I do not appeal," as he was taken away by police officers. A new law was recently added that some disagree with called the Cybersecurity Law, where Chinese police can look through computer's search history if it effects state security.

Justice

Despite government crack downs there has not been much improvement for the government of China. With an example of corruption in the world's second-largest economy, officials in China have brought the problems to light. The President of China(Xi Jinping) has made it a key point to stop and prevent all corruption inside the country. Right now China also falls in the middle of the pack for graft that impairs a country’s ability and willingness to repay debt. Xi wants to make paying back his citizens his next priority. China is known for a strict take on law enforcement in order to keep up the social peace and order. Although there is a country wide censorship, China is trying to become advocates for greater freedom of speech laws.