The authority of the provincial police when removing district police

The Minister of Public Security, the Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme People's Procuracy and the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court issued Joint Circular No. 02/2025/TTLT-BCA-VKSNDTC-TANDTC dated February 27, 2025 regulating coordination between competent authorities in criminal proceedings, management, temporary detention, temporary detention and execution of criminal judgments when not organizing district-level police.

The Circular takes effect from March 1, 2025.

This Circular stipulates coordination between competent authorities in receiving and handling information about crimes, prosecuting, investigating, prosecuting, and trying; managing, serving temporary detention, temporary detention and serving criminal sentences when not organizing the police of districts, towns, cities under provinces and cities under centrally-run cities.

This Circular clearly stipulates the authority to receive and handle information about crimes, prosecute, and investigate criminal cases of the provincial police investigation agency.

The provincial police investigation agency shall receive and handle information about crimes, prosecute and investigate criminal cases on crimes according to regulations when those crimes are under the authority of the district-level People's Court.

However, except for crimes under the investigation authority of the Investigation Agency of the Supreme People's Procuracy and the Investigation Security Agency of the People's Public Security.

Receive and resolve information about crimes, prosecute and investigate criminal cases on crimes according to regulations that occur in many districts, towns and cities under provinces and cities under centrally-run cities, crimes with organized organizations or foreign elements.

Receive and resolve information about crimes, prosecute and investigate criminal cases of crimes according to regulations when those crimes are under the authority of the provincial People's Court.

The Circular also stipulates that the provincial police investigation agency presides over and coordinates with the district People's Procuracy to guide and inspect the implementation of inspection activities, verify preliminary denunciations and reports on crimes of the commune-level police and police stations.

At the signing ceremony of the issuance of joint circulars stipulating the coordination relationship between competent authorities in criminal proceedings, members of the Politburo, Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang emphasized: The signing of joint circulars is an important legal basis for the receipt and settlement of sources on criminals, prosecution and investigation of the People's Police investigation agency of the People's Police; the practice of prosecution and control rights; The management, custody, temporary detention, criminal judgment and inspection of custody, temporary detention and inspection of criminal judgments when not organizing district police.