The Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department () is the primary civilian law enforcement agency of
Guangdong Province
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. It operates under the dual leadership of the provincial government and the People's Police. In each
city
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and
county
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, there is a Public Security Bureau (Sub-bureau), and
police station
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s are established in towns, townships, and streets. The Public Security Bureau (Sub-bureau) and police stations respectively receive leadership from the local people's government at the same level and the higher public security authorities. The director of the department is Liu Guozhou.
In 2025, the agency had a budget of 4.165 Billion
Renminbi
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, a 18.5% increase from 3.513 Billion Renminbi in 2024.
History
In May 30, 2008, the Shenzhen Municipal PSB deployed 235 SWAT officers and 45 vehicles to provide security in disaster-affected areas after the
2008 Sichuan Earthquake
An earthquake occurred in the province of Sichuan, China at 14:28:01 China Standard Time on May 12, 2008. Measuring at 8.0 (7.9–8.3 ), the earthquake's epicenter was located boxing the compass, west-northwest of Chengdu, the provincial ...
.
Organization
The Guangdong PSD contains an Immigration Bureau, an Economic Crime Bureau, a Patrol Bureau (which is also in charge of food safety and environmental protection), an Investigation Bureau, a Narcotics Bureau, a Traffic Management Bureau, a Cyberpolice Bureau, a Marine Police Unit, a Forestry Bureau, a Airport Police Bureau, an Anti-Smuggling Bureau, a Detention center Management Unit and a Police Aviation Unit.2025年广东省公安厅部门预算 025 Guangdong PSD budgetRetrieved 15/3/2025
Child agencies
* Guangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau
* Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau
Employees
The Guangdong Public Security Department had 2747 employees(not including Child Agencies) as of 2014.
Vehicles
As of 20 December 2024, the Guangdong PSD operated a total of 524 ground vehicles. Speedboats have also been used by SWAT units.
Helicopters
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Eurocopter EC135
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Airbus Helicopters H175
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Since the Guangdong Public Security Department was established, 1433 officers have been killed in the line of duty including Child agencies, 1360 of which were between 1949 and 2022. 15 have been narcotics officers or in narcotics-related incidents between 1997 and 2020. In the 1360 officers killed in the line of duty between 1949 and 2022, 510 achieved martyr status.
In 2018, a total of 37 officers of the Guangdong PSD were killed in the line of duty, including child agencies. 14 were patrol officers, 9 were traffic officers, 4 were investigation officers.
In 2022, a total of 60 officers of the Guangdong PSD were killed in the line of duty, including child agencies, of which 37 were full time officers and 23 of which were
auxiliary police
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.
In 2023, a total of 40 officers of the Guangdong PSD were killed in the line of duty(including child agencies), 23 of which were full time officers and 17 of which were
auxiliary police
Auxiliary police, also called volunteer police, reserve police, assistant police, civil guards, or special police, are usually the part-time reserves of a regular police force. They may be unpaid volunteers or paid members of the police servic ...
.
In 2024, a total of 33 Officers of the Guangdong PSD were killed in the line of duty, including child agencies (municipal and county public security bureaus).