On whether auxiliary police officers belong to the crime of obstruction and the object of protection for the crime of assaulting police officers

Abstract

The Amendment to the Criminal Law (XI) sets up a separate crime of assaulting police officers. The purpose of this amendment is to protect the interests of the people's police, establish law enforcement authority and maintain legal dignity. However, the lack of clarity in the subject of auxiliary police has caused certain difficulties for law enforcement. Regarding the status of the auxiliary police, from the legal relationship between the auxiliary police and the public security organs and the duties of the auxiliary police, the auxiliary police do not have the status of "people's police" and do not belong to the protection of the crime of assaulting a police officer. But it is the staff of state organs, so it belongs to the protection of the crime of obstruction of public service.