The incident of netizens scolding the traffic police for being detained has caused a heated discussion on the Internet. What is the duty of the traffic police? Does the traffic police have the right to detain? The following is a detailed introduction for you. Traffic police: refers to the people's police who set up a traffic management police brigade in public security organs to work. Traffic police is a kind of police. Its duties are to maintain traffic order, deal with traffic accidents, check and correct road traffic violations, and be responsible for motor vehicle registration management, referred to as "traffic police". Duties and tasks The main responsibility is to investigate and deal with road traffic violations and traffic accidents according to law; Maintain urban and rural road traffic order and highway public security order; Carry out motor vehicle safety inspection, license issuance and driver assessment and certification; Carry out publicity and education activities on road traffic safety; Scientific research on road traffic management; Participate in the planning of urban construction, road traffic and safety facilities. Organize and publicize traffic laws and regulations, manage road traffic order according to law, manage vehicles, drivers and pedestrians, educate traffic offenders, investigate and handle traffic accidents, maintain normal traffic order, and ensure smooth and safe transportation. Main tasks: 1. Collect information extensively, make scientific decisions, and correctly formulate road traffic rules; 2. Strictly enforce traffic regulations and maintain traffic order; 3. Carry out publicity and education to enhance the traffic safety awareness of traffic participants; 4. Apply modern management science, improve management links, and improve the ability of road traffic coordination and control; 5, prevent and investigate traffic violations, traffic accidents, to ensure road traffic safety and smooth; 6. Stop illegal and criminal activities and maintain road public order. Law enforcement is based on the Law of the People's Republic of China on Road Traffic Safety, Regulations for the Implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Road Traffic Safety, Measures for the Implementation of Provincial Road Traffic Management, Procedures for Handling Road Traffic Accidents, Measures for the Administration of Motor Vehicle Driving License of the People's Republic of China, Regulations for the Registration of Motor Vehicles, Procedures for Handling Road Traffic Violations and Regulations for the Implementation of Provincial Road Traffic. Principle of law enforcement The people's police must take the Constitution and laws as their activity criteria, be loyal to their duties, be honest and upright, observe discipline, obey orders and strictly enforce the law; The traffic police must enforce the law impartially, and shall not practice favoritism, ask for bribes or pervert the law. Traffic police have no right to detain swearing people.