Legal basis: People's Police Law of the People's Republic of China.
Article 2 The tasks of the people's police are to safeguard national security, maintain social order, protect citizens' personal safety, personal freedom and legitimate property, protect public property, and prevent, stop and punish illegal and criminal activities. The people's police include the people's police of public security organs, state security organs, prisons and reeducation-through-labor administrative organs, and the judicial police of people's courts and people's procuratorates.
Article 3 The people's police must rely on the support of the people, keep close contact with them, listen to their opinions and suggestions, accept their supervision, safeguard their interests and serve them wholeheartedly.