Policewomen on horseback, once regarded as a signature image of Dalian, Liaoning province, recently triggered debate on whether it is worthwhile to spend a lot of money on them.
A retired policeman in Dalian has asked the government of the northeastern city to make public the cost of maintaining its mounted policewomen unit, suggesting that authorities disband the division.
大連一位退休警察要求政府公開女子騎警隊的維護成本,并建議解散騎警隊。
Mounted police就是“騎警”,大連的“女子騎警隊”就是mounted policewomen unit。這位退休警察指出,女騎警雖然在提升城市形象(upgrading the city's image)方面發(fā)揮了作用,但作為警察隊伍(police force)的一部分,其在維護社會治安(maintaining public order)方面貢獻不大,而且耗費人力、物力和財力。大連市公安局回應稱,這些女騎警都受過專業(yè)訓練(professionally trained),除了騎馬巡邏,她們也時常騎摩托車巡邏(patrol on motorcycle),自成立以來,開展巡邏執(zhí)勤7000余次,完成禮儀執(zhí)勤任務(ceremonial engagements)1000余次。
我國公安機關的警察按照職責不同分為,治安警察(public security officer)、戶籍警察(household registration officer)、交通警察(traffic police)、刑事犯罪偵查警察(criminal police)、網絡警察(cyber police)、巡邏警察(patrol police)等。