NPA head vows to uphold public safetyCRACKDOWN: Major crime sweeps over the week to Wednesday resulted in the seizure of 26 firearms and the arrests of 823 suspected gang members, the police chief saidBy Jason Pan / Staff reporterThe National Police Agency (NPA) yesterday vowed to continue to carry out crime sweeps and enhance public safety following a number of shootings and other violent incidents in the past few weeks. However, all these are separate, unrelated incidents, so it is wrong to say that Taiwan has a serious crime problem. That would be unfair to all the hard work by our police officers,” Chen told reporters after the meeting. Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times“Public safety is good [in Taiwan], and it is an accumulation of the endeavors and support of everyone in society. The police will take extra efforts to protect the public,” he said.

Source: Taipei Times March 11, 2021 15:56 UTC