SURGING COSTS: Plans to add hundreds more to special municipality forces would strain local budgets because of expenses for salaries and training, the mayors said
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 15, 2019
By: Lee Hsin-fang and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
A central government plan to expand special municipalities’ police forces has
Police officers stand pictured on duty in Pingtung County on Jan. 21.
Photo: Yeh Yung-chien, Taipei Times
encountered opposition from mayors across party lines, who said it would place additional pressure on municipal finances.
The central government plans to expand the police forces of Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan and New Taipei City by 700, 500, 400 and 939 respectively, a source said.
The number of new officers allocated to Taoyuan Police Department would weigh heavily on city finances, in terms of salary and training, Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦), of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), told a Cabinet meeting yesterday.
“The city hopes that the Executive Yuan would offer subsidies,” Cheng said.
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