It is the sole police band operating in mainland China and it represents the PAP and the Ministry of Public Security at state events.

Founded in 1986, the Band is notable for its responsibility of the monthly performance of March of the Volunteers at the national flagpole at Tiananmen Square, during a flag raising ceremony which is done with the Beijing Garrison Honor Guard Battalion and formerly with the PAP Honour Guard Battalion.

[2] The Band participated in the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on behalf of the PAP in 1989.

[3] In 1990, it assumed its first major task in front of an international audience by performing the national anthem at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Asian Games.

[4][5] In late June 2018, the band took part in the annual Eskeri Kernei ("Military Trumpet") International Festival at the Astana Hockey Hall, performing pieces such as Hands Across the Sea and Ode to the Motherland, after which it was bestowed a certificate of merit and a trophy by Lieutenant General Ruslan Zhaksilikov of the National Guard of Kazakhstan.