New Taipei City Police Station moves into Sanchong Second Administrative Center, triggering discussion among police circles
Quick Look
- The New Taipei City Police Department will move into the Sanchong Second Administrative Center next month to co-locate with other city government agencies.
- This move has triggered concerns in the police community about the special nature of police services, including the disappearance of traditional communication spaces such as prisoner evacuation routes, safe escape mechanisms, and tea rooms.
- Police officials pointed out that co-location may affect police efficiency and organizational culture, and called for the practical needs of the police to be taken into account in hardware design.
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Why It Matters
The New Taipei City Police Department plans to move into the Sanchong Second Administrative Center next month and share offices with other city government agencies. This is one of the few cases in Taiwan where police stations and administrative agencies share office space.
The New Taipei City Police Department will move into the Second Administrative Center next month. (Photo by reporter Xu Shenglun)
The New Taipei City Police Department will move into the Sanchong Second Administrative Center next month and work together with other city government agencies. This initiative has also triggered in-depth discussions in the police community on the "special nature of police service." Some police insiders pointed out that almost all police bureaus in counties and cities across Taiwan are independent offices. The main reason is that the police shoulder the important task of combating crime and maintaining public security. They often need to transport and interrogate various criminals. If they are co-located with general administrative agencies, they will face severe challenges in terms of route planning and anti-escape mechanisms.
Police work is highly specific. From independent safe passages for prisoners to enter and exit, guarding and guarding, to emergency response to emergencies, extremely high confidentiality and space control are required. If the entrances and exits and elevator routes are shared with the general bureaus of the city government, it will not only easily cause panic among the citizens, but also increase the safety risks of prisoners escaping or outsiders causing trouble. How to establish complete and tight safety zones in the office buildings has become a top priority.
The space configuration of the new office building adopts the open OA desks of modern corporate offices. The common "tea making room" in the traditional police station has disappeared, which may be the "root cause of chronic disease". In the traditional culture of the police, the tea room is not only a place for colleagues to take a break during hard work, but also an important place for internal and external staff to share experiences, pass on investigative skills and communicate information. Many criminal decisions and cross-unit coordination often reach consensus in such informal spaces.
The reduction of traditional communication channels has left internal and external colleagues without a bridge for instant communication and experience transfer. The police community hopes that relevant units can more deeply consider the actual duty needs and organizational culture of the police agency in terms of hardware design and space planning, so that while giving full play to the effectiveness of co-working offices, they can also take into account the professionalism of police service and the smoothness of practical operations.
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Open Questions
- How will the new department plan safe routes for transporting prisoners and preventing escapes?
- Will the tea room function in the traditional police station be retained or replaced?
- How will the communication and coordination mechanism between internal and external police officers be adjusted after the co-location?
