Spy Under Sky Chapter 133

Just like in later times, if you want to investigate a person, the most convenient way is to ask the aunt of the neighborhood committee. At this time, if you want to investigate a person in Hangzhou, the best way is to go directly to the patrolman in charge of household registration.

Because at that time, the patrol officers in charge of household registration in the Hangzhou Police Station and its branch offices were even more powerful than the district police officers in later police stations who were responsible for district security.

Before 1935, the police service of the ZJ provincial capital police station was the same as that of other parts of the country, that is, the police adopted the system of standing guard and watching. Except for the incidents occurring within a few dozen steps, the police were unaware of all the activities of the residents in the jurisdiction.

Inspired by this, Rao Xiaodong, an instructor at the Zhejiang Police Academy, designed a police patrol zone system in the spring of 1935 and reported it to Marcus Zhou.

This system was mainly modeled after Western European countries, changing the guard post system to a police-managed patrol area system, with patrol officers patrolling day and night based on a variety of patrol routes that often change.