As the interviewer, I felt that my interview today with Mr. Fang had a much more serious atmosphere compared with my interview previously with the district head. Mr. Fang says that when various incidents of crime occur in the Linong Neighborhood, they always call the police, and the police always do everything they can to help. I think that it is not easy to be a police officer. They often need to resolve various disputes and problems as well as crime incidents, and sometimes even have to risk their lives to protect us. I admire them very much. Later on, another policeman came. His name was A-ji, and he brought up several important points for us. A-ji says that: “the patrol time for every district is different; they perform statistical analysis to find the timeframes when crime rates are the highest, and patrol schedules are arranged according to this information so that patrol efforts can focus on these high crime-occurrence periods.” Only after listening to Mr. A-ji did I realize that the crime rate in Linong Neighborhood was the highest at night, which is why the Linong Neighborhood Watch performs frequent patrols during nighttime. After leaving the police station, I finally realized that policemen as well as the Neighborhood Watch Patrol are actually are actually very busy. They are all protecting us and fighting crime for our community, and are therefore our “heroes.” I think that the work that policemen do is very meaningful – protecting everybody’s safety. Furthermore, the role of the Neighborhood Watch Patrol is like that of the vanguard outpost. These two roles and organizations work hand in hand to ensure a safe community for us to live in. All in all, we thank them for all that they do for us!
Q : Do you think the patrol team improve the public order of the community?
Patrol team is usually composed by the volunteers in each village, they found some signs of crime and reported to the police, so it's helpful to the improvement of public order.
Q : What happens about the patrol team to make you unforgetable ?
They sacrifice family time and silently dedication to neighborhood safety obligations, really admirable.
Q : What are the major cases together?
Theft cases, we would go to the village office and access to inspection records, or inquiry the patrol team member to learn about the relevant clues.
Q : Do you met the patrol team to discuss?
The police station have someone to deal with the patrol team affairs, and we will discuss with the local law and order, and the contents of patrolling.
Q : What is the difference of the patrol team work and your work?
The biggest difference is the patrol team help local residents deal with affairs, or do patrol duty without receive salary, Their selfless devotion is really admirable. The police work and duties, payroll, are entrusted by government , but the passion of serving the local citizens is the same.
2012 Li-Nong Elementary School , Taipei , Taiwan - Young Power Team