However the NPA has direct control over several specialized units which may be deployed to assist local forces, as well as the national highway patrol.

[2] One exception is the President of the Central Police University, who is directly subordinate to the Minister of the Interior, and is not subject to the NPA personnel review board.

However, the SOG Forces are the only police units equipped with V-150S armor vehicles and M998 Humvee, which were transferred from ROC Army after the 2004 shoot out with Chang Hsi-ming [zh].

Responsible for the physical security of central government buildings, high-ranking civilian officials, foreign embassies, and liaison institutes.

The Seventh Special Police Corps, 7SPC, was established on January 1, 2014, aiming to solve the growing problems of nature reservation, environment protection and forest and National Parks guarding.

The design of 7SPC is close to National Parks rangers in USA, who are officials employed by government to provide law and order (often against poaching).

[3] The ROC's law enforcement system built upon the foundations laid down during the Qing dynasty with the establishment of the Peking Public Inspection Headquarters in 1902.

Sequentially, Peng was courted-martial by a military tribunal organized by "Division of Judge Advocate General" of Taiwan Garrison Command.

In 1966, Peng's case was then discussed by National Security Council and transferred from Taiwan Garrison Command to Bureau of Investigation.

Until his escape in January, 1970, Peng was under the regular visits from local policemen and constant surveillance from agents of Bureau of Investigation.

On 22 July 2000, four workers carrying out riverbed construction work in the Pachang River of Chiayi County, were surrounded by the quickly rising torrent on Saturday afternoon.

The four stood in the center of the river for three hours, waiting for a helicopter that never came, and were finally washed away at around 7:08 pm in sight of family members, helpless would-be rescuers, and the lens of news cameras on the riverbank.

This Pachang-Creek incident (zh:八掌溪事件) caused a field day for the news media in Taiwan and triggered a reform of the airborne emergency management system.

[7] The ensuing manhunt was widely covered, the ringleader Chang Hsi-ming [zh]) was finally arrested following another gun battle with police on 13 July 2005.

[20] On 28 February 2006, Hou You-yi, the Criminal Investigation Bureau Commissioner, assumed command as the director-general of the National Police Agency.

Regarding drugs, corruption, espionage, and economic crimes, the Investigative Bureau of the Ministry of Justice (MJIB) has developed capabilities to cover cases in such categories for decades.

However, the Criminal Investigation Bureau of NPA has built fair reputation on copyright protection and the safety of computers networks.

Sometimes public prosecutors will direct military police to handle large-scale searches or arrests when investigating cases of police-related crimes, prostitution, or fugitive recovery.

[24] Regarding counter-terrorism, there are three company-size troops of special forces under the operational control of the Ministry of National Defense:[25][26] These three are tasked to handle combat situations involving international terrorists or paramilitary-type criminals.

Bound by laws, currently only the Military Police Special Service Company can react to non-military cases, like airplane hijacking.

When fire police teams were responding to an emergency situation, these confusing call signs inevitably led to chaos and time delay.

The criminal fraud group was given access to citizen's personal information by Taipei Ningxia Road Police Station Chief Yeh Yu-hsin (葉育忻).

[30] The criminal group Yeh gave citizens' information to is accused of kidnapping 61 people, allegedly killing three, and making around NT$397 million in illegal gains.