Deploy forces to participate in protecting security and order at the grassroots level.
Security and Order Protection Team - "extended arm" of the Commune Police force
The Law on Forces Participating in Protecting Security and Order at the Grassroots Level, passed by the National Assembly on November 28, 2023 and officially taking effect from July 1, 2024, has created an important, solid, and comprehensive legal basis for building, consolidating, and maintaining forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level, promptly meeting the requirements and tasks of ensuring security and order in the new situation. The Law clearly stipulates the position, functions, tasks, principles of organization, operation, working relations, force building, ensuring operating conditions and responsibilities of agencies and organizations towards the forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level.
In Thanh Hoa, immediately after the Law took effect, the province established 4,351 Security and Order Protection Teams in villages, hamlets, and neighborhoods with 13,053 members. Accordingly, in each village and neighborhood, a Security and Order Protection Team with 3 members is established, independently and without concurrent positions, with the task of assisting the Commune and Ward Police in grasping the security and order situation, building a movement for the entire population to protect national security; mobilizing andeducating people who have violated the law and are residing at the grassroots level; patrolling to ensure security and order, traffic safety; fire prevention, fire fighting, rescue; administrative management of social order and performing security and order protection tasks when mobilized...
Although not wearing police uniforms, the force participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level always accompanies and stands side by side with the regular police force, supporting the maintenance of security and order; actively grasps the local situation, participates in reconciling conflicts, preventing and detecting crimes and law violations, especially supporting propaganda and mobilizing people to strictly comply with the Party's guidelines and policies and the State's laws.
With the characteristic that most of them are local people, close to the people, and among the people, the forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level are the ones who understand and grasp the most clearly the thoughts, feelings, aspirations as well as the conflicts and situations right from the beginning at the grassroots level... With their prestige and responsible role, the forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level have supported the work of advising the Party Committee and the government to direct and promote propaganda work, while coordinating with the regular police force to do a good job of grasping the situation and area, promptly detecting, investigating, and handling arising cases right at the grassroots level, not allowing complications to arise.
Mr. Luong Van Chau, Head of the Security and Order Protection Team, Ward 3, Hai Hoa Ward (now Tinh Gia Ward) excitedly said: "With the trust of the government and the people, I and the members of the Security and Order Protection Team in the ward have tried our best to fulfill our responsibilities to the people; proactively supported and coordinated with the ward police force to organize propaganda and mobilize people to uphold their sense of responsibility, voluntarily and strictly comply with the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws and policies; be vigilant, proactively prevent, fight, and denounce crimes and violations of the law. I and the members of the team always strive to stay close to the local area, actively participate in supporting the ward police force to perform well the task of ensuring security and order".
With a sense of responsibility, for the stability and peace in every hamlet, village, and residential area, after more than 1 year of operation, the force participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level in Thanh Hoa province has provided the commune-level police force with 2,957 reports related to security and order, social evils, and domestic violence; supported the commune-level police force in resolving 1,973 cases through reports; detected 266 cases of law violations related to security and order, nearly 1,500 cases of internal conflicts among the people; supported 187 cases related to fire prevention and fighting and 456 times for rescue work.
At the same time, maintain the operation of nearly 900 self-management models on security and order and launch 80 self-management models on security and order. Support the communal police force to conduct 100,000 people's patrols, detect, prevent and handle 446 cases with signs of crime and violations of security and order laws...
The local security force coordinated with Hai Hoa Ward Police to conduct a general check on drug addicts and suspected drug addicts in the area.
Promoting the role in ensuring security and order after merging administrative units
From July 1, along with the whole country, Thanh Hoa province officially operated the two-level local government model. In the new commune-level area with large area and large population, the force participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level continues to be a powerful and effective support force for the Commune Police to better perform the task of ensuring security and order.
The Provincial Police have drafted a Decision on the number of Security and Order Protection Teams; the number of Security and Order Protection Team members in villages and residential groups in communes and wards in the province to submit to the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.
In Official Dispatch No. 2373 dated June 30, 2025 of the Provincial Police on strengthening guidance, management, direction, operation, consolidation, and improving the quality and efficiency of the forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level after merging commune-level administrative units, the Director of the Provincial Police requested the Commune Police to proactively develop and deploy plans with the Security and Order Protection Team to patrol the area; regularly go to residential areas to propagate policies and laws to the people; participate in grassroots mediation; mobilize people to hand over weapons, explosives, fire prevention and fighting, and participate in ensuring traffic order and safety...
In particular, the police of communes and wards need to coordinate in organizing training and fostering for 100% of the force members participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level in the direction of "holding hands and showing work" to improve professional knowledge and skills, defense skills, response to dangerous situations as well as the ability to analyze and evaluate factors, risks, types of crimes and potentially dangerous areas to proactively prevent and strengthen measures to ensure security and order.
After the reorganization of commune-level administrative units, the number of Security and Order Protection Teams and the number of Security and Order Protection Team members in the whole province remained unchanged. To promote the role of the force participating in security and order protection at the grassroots level, the commune-level police in Thanh Hoa province have reviewed and advised the Party Committee and the government to direct the functional forces to arrange means and local budgets to ensure operating conditions in accordance with their functions and tasks.
With a high spirit of determination, after operating the 2-level government, the Security and Order Protection Teams at the grassroots level in the province have urgently carried out their tasks, not allowing unexpected situations to occur, deserving to be the "extended arm" of the Commune Police force, contributing to maintaining security and order at the grassroots level.
Mai Ha (Contributor)
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