page_title: National Police Agency (Taiwan)
section_title: Uniforms
hierarchical_section_title: National Police Agency (Taiwan) / Policing in the ROC / Uniforms
caption_attribution_description: English: Railway Police officers on Platform 1B of Taiwan High Speed Rail Taichung Station, during public trial runs of the Taiwan High Speed Rail system.
context_page_description: The National Police Agency, Ministry of the Interior is an agency under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of China (Taiwan) which oversees all police forces on a national level. The National Police Agency is headquartered in Taipei City.
context_section_description: Most police officers, since 1988, wear the standard uniform which consists of dark blue pants, the Combination cap with a gold band or a baseball cap, a jacket or an overcoat in winter, and a light Grey shirt. Dark-blue or yellow windbreakers attached white reflective strips are sometimes also issued, with white letters "POLICE" and "警察" on the back. All uniform buttons or decorations are golden yellow. A golden rank insignia is worn over the right breast pocket of the shirt. Two patches are worn, one on each shoulder: one with the golden NPA insignia, department name, and serial number. The second patch may be optional and is specific to the squad or unit the officer belongs to.
  Court bailiffs, volunteer police officers, and civil defense personnel wear the same uniforms with small variations. The cap insignia worn by volunteer police officers is silver white rather than gold, as are the decorations and the shoulder patches. Instead of the golden rank insignia over the right breast pocket, volunteer policemen wear name tags.
  Volunteer traffic police personnel wear similar uniforms with same style but with a high visibility orange shirt, and usually bear no rank.
  Members of certain SWAT units will usually wear dark blue BDU style uniforms rather than the regular one. Detectives typically dress in plainclothes.
  Conscripts serving alternative national service with the police wear khaki uniforms instead of the standard police blue.
caption: NPA railway police officers at HSR Taichung Station.
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