Policy regime of Investigators at Commune Police

The Ministry of Public Security issued Instruction 11/HD-BCA-V03 dated February 27, 2025 to arrange investigators and investigation officers at the commune-level police force, effective from March 1, 2025.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Public Security said that it will appoint the title (or assignment) of Investigator under the Investigation Police Agency of the Provincial or centrally-run City Police (Provincial Police) to the Chief of Commune-level Police.

In case the commune -level police chief does not meet the criteria for appointment of investigators, the appointment of the title (or arrangement) of the investigator for the Deputy Chief of the Commune Police Department is in charge of the crime prevention and control. Proceed to appoint (or arrange) investigators of the provincial Police Investigation Police Agency for the Chief of the Commune Police and Deputy Head of the commune -level police in charge of crime prevention and control.

In addition to the Chief of the Commune Police Department, the Deputy Head of the commune -level police may appoint the investigator (or arrange) of the investigator of the provincial Police Investigation Police Agency for officials of the Crime Prevention and Control Police Group or officials who directly perform the task of examining and verifying preliminary denunciations, information about crimes and crime prevention and control at commune police.

According to the guidance of the Ministry of Public Security, the appointment of the investigator's title arranged at the commune police must select officials and capacity. The appointment must actually, avoid rampant, follow the criteria without focusing on fostering and training the investigators who are qualified and competent, meet the requirements of the investigation. Do not appoint investigators for officials who are not capable of investigating.

Investigators are deployed at the commune-level police station managed by the Office of the Provincial Police Investigation Agency.

The Ministry of Public Security also assigned the Director of the Provincial Public Security to base on the actual situation to appoint the number of Investigators deployed at the Commune-level Public Security accordingly.

Investigators and Investigation Officers of the Provincial Police Investigation Agency deployed at the Commune Police are part-time and part-time officers of the Commune Police.

Notably, according to the Ministry of Public Security, to ensure the regime and policies when appointing (or arranging) Investigators and Investigation Officers at the commune-level Police, they will still hold other titles, ranks and ranks according to the regulations of the Ministry of Public Security such as: Investigator, Police officer... and enjoy the regime and policies for the highest title, rank and rank.