Police station is a foreign word, which comes from Japanese. The original meaning is to send a branch. In Japanese, it does not refer to the police agency. Any organization can have a "police station". Today, the word has evolved in our country and has become a specialized agency of the public security organs, which is what we call the police station. 1946 the public security organ set up a public office, renamed it the public security sub-bureau 1948 and the police station 1950. The name of the police station continues to this day.
The duties of the police station can be summarized as follows: (1) managing the household registration; Publicize the legal system to the masses and organize and mobilize the masses to fight against illegal and criminal acts; Establish a security Committee; To discover and master criminal suspects and educate and reform those who commit illegal and criminal acts; To prevent and stop illegal and criminal activities; Manage special industries, maintain public order and prevent public security disasters and accidents.
The earliest police station in China appeared in the late Qing Dynasty. 1909, the Qing government ordered the establishment of police stations under the jurisdiction of branches and districts of the Governor's General Office in the inner and outer cities of the capital.
Legal basis:
Regulations on the organization of police stations;
Article 1 In order to strengthen social order, maintain public order, protect public property and safeguard citizens' rights, municipal and county public security bureaus may set up police stations within their respective jurisdictions.
The police station is the dispatched organ of the municipal and county public security bureaus to manage public security work.
Article 4 A police station shall have one director, one or two deputy directors and several people's policemen.
The police station works under the direct leadership of the municipal or county public security bureau or the public security bureau.