A Study On The Police System Of Hunan Province In Modern Times(1898-1926)

Late Qing Dynasty to The period of Beiyang government, the police administration of Hunan had striked one snag after another. During this period, the police system gradually shaped, the police construction achieved remarkable success, but the problem of police development continued.In 1898, Hunan founded Security Bureau, the Police System of modern Hunan took this as the beginning. In 1908, Hunan set up patrol department and police office, establishing the police school in order to foster professional police, making revenue and annual expenditure table to regulate the funds of police-constructing, clearing the police authority to strengthen social management, the police system of modern Hunan formally established, and achieved initial development. In this process, Hunan had also appeared a force which was similar to the armed police-- patrol battalion.Get into the period of Beiyang government, the Hunan authorities continued to build the police system on the basis of the police system in the late Qing Dynasty. First, continue to adjust the police agencies, set up the capital of the National Police Agency and the Police. Under the leadership of the Police, each county set up consistent police offices, police stations and patrol coach, police agencies towarded reunification. The second was releasing a series of service rules, setting up special service inspectors, the building of Police Service gradually standardized. The third was improving the police already had the functions of account management, health management, special industry management and so on, developing the functions of municipal administration, financial market management and so on, the police’s social management function was more and more perfect.The modern police system in Hunan had experienced the development process from passive to initiative, from military police union to independent development, specialized construction trend strengthened. The establishment of police agencies preliminary stable, police troop preliminary forming, police system preliminary perfect, the police system began to take shape, Hunan police modernized tendency enhanced. The police administration had intensified the community, the police performance in maintaining public order, arresting thieves and criminals, protecting the roads open and other aspects were remarkable. However, the police team management was not strict, police expenditures were not standardized, police system construction obviously imperfect and so on also significantly.