Capital adds police to community stations

Beijing police have put more than 10,000 personnel into community stations in the past year as part of municipal government reforms aimed at improving service and ensuring safety.

"As the police in the capital, we have significant responsibilities," Beijing Public Security Bureau spokesman Heng Xiaofan said. "People are at the core of all the work. Thus we have taken measures to put more police from administrative offices onto the 'front line' - near the public."

The bureau said 13,118 police officers had been added to local stations.