"People's Police Law of the People's Republic of China" Article 21 The people's police shall immediately rescue citizens whose personal and property safety has been violated or who are in other dangerous situations; Help should be given to citizens who ask for the settlement of disputes; Police cases against citizens should be investigated and handled in time. The people's police should actively participate in emergency rescue and disaster relief and social welfare undertakings.
Article 110 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * Any unit or individual who discovers criminal facts or suspects has the right and obligation to report to the public security organ, the people's procuratorate or the people's court. Victims have the right to report and accuse criminal facts or criminal suspects who infringe their personal and property rights to public security organs, people's procuratorates or people's courts. Public security organs, people's procuratorates or people's courts shall accept reports, complaints and reports. If it does not belong to its own jurisdiction, it shall be transferred to the competent authority for handling, and the informant, complainant and informant shall be notified; For those who are not under their jurisdiction and must take emergency measures, they should take emergency measures first and then transfer them to the competent department. Where a criminal surrenders himself to a public security organ, a people's procuratorate or a people's court, the provisions of the third paragraph shall apply.
Procedures for handling criminal cases by public security organs
Article 169 A public security organ shall immediately accept a citizen's report, complaint or report or the surrender of a criminal suspect, inquire about the situation and make a record. After verification, it shall be signed and fingerprinted by the distractor, prosecutor, accuser, informant and surrender. When necessary, the process should be recorded and videotaped.
Article 170 The public security organ shall register the relevant evidential materials provided by abductors, informants, accusers, informers and surrenders, make a list of evidential materials for acceptance, which shall be signed by abductors, informants, accusers, informers and surrenders, and shall be properly kept. When necessary, photos should be taken or audio-visual recordings should be made.
Article 171 When accepting a case, a public security organ shall make a case registration form and a case receipt, and give the case receipt to the sender, informant, accuser and informant. If the sender, informant, accuser and informant cannot get in touch or refuse to receive the receipt, they shall indicate it on the receipt.
What if the police don't file a report?
If the public security organ refuses to file a case against the informant after examination, it shall inform the informant of the reasons for not filing a case. If the complainant refuses to accept it, he may apply for reconsideration. The application for reconsideration shall be submitted to the public security organ that has made a decision not to file a case. The application for reconsideration shall be submitted within seven days after receiving the notice of not filing a case, and the reasons for not filing a case shall be stated in the application. The public security organ shall make a decision within seven days after receiving the application for reconsideration and notify the complainant in writing. If the complainant still refuses to accept the reconsideration decision, he may apply to the public security organ at the next higher level for review within seven days after receiving the reconsideration decision. The public security organ at the next higher level shall make a decision within seven days after receiving the application for review. If the public security organ at a higher level cancels the decision not to file a case, the public security organ at a lower level shall implement it.