Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau

The Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau (Chinese: 北京市公安局; pinyin: Běijīng Shì Gōng'ānjú) is a department of the Beijing Municipal People's Government. It serves as the city's public security bureau and branch of the people's police under the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) The headquarters is in Qianmen, Dongcheng District.^[2]

Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau 北京市公安局
Abbreviation	Beijing PSB
Agency overview
Employees	51,000[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Beijing, China
Beijing
Primary governing body	Ministry of Public Security Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission
Secondary governing body	Beijing Municipal People's Government
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Agency executive	Qi Yanjun, Bureau Chief
Child agency	Beijing State Security Bureau (Co-Located within Same Building)
Website
gaj.beijing.gov.cn

Headquarters of the Beijing PSB

The bureau is the host of the Beijing SWAT, reportedly one of the most well trained and best equipped special police (特警; Tèjǐng) teams in the entire country.^[2] The director of the Beijing Public Security Bureau generally serves concurrently as a Vice Minister of Public Security.^[3]

History

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.^[4]

Aircraft accidents

On 17 August 2011, a Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau AW109E police helicopter crashed into Miyun reservoir [zh] in Miyun County, Beijing during a search and rescue training exercise. Four crewmen were killed in the accident.^[5]

Equipment

Firearms

All police officers of the Beijing police are armed with a variety of guns on the beat, e.g. QSZ-92, QSW-06, officers in special units carry shotguns and SWAT members are armed with the domestically produced Norinco QBZ-95 Assault Rifle and QSZ-92 Pistols.^{[citation needed]}

Vehicles

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  Mercedes-Benz S-Class (W221)
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  Iveco Daily

Line of duty deaths

Since 1949, 398 officers of the Beijing PSB have died in the line of duty.^[6][7]

See also

• Beijing Municipal Administration of Prisons
• Beijing State Security Bureau
• People's Armed Police Beijing Corps [zh]
• On the Beat, a 1995 film depicting officers of the Beijing Public Municipal Security Bureau (PSB)
• Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau