Guidelines for police good move to standardize law enforcement

ON MONDAY, the Ministry of Public Security held a collective video training conference for millions of police nationwide. The training covered how they should behave while doing their duties, such as what to do when checking a citizen's ID card and what to do when people take videos of them enforcing the law. Beijing News comments:

The training has given a clear answer to some questions that used to be ambiguous. For example, can someone video police who are enforcing the law in the street?

The law previously said "Yes, you can", but with the prerequisite that it did not disturb the police. In practice, the police had an almost absolute say on whether or not they felt disturbed by bystanders videoing them and in many cities they have tended to stop anyone filming their actions.