The duties of public security organs refer to the responsibilities and obligations that public security organs should undertake within their jurisdiction according to law, that is, the professional duties of public security organs. The public security organ is an important part of the state power, and it is an armed specialized organ for public security management and criminal justice under the people's democratic dictatorship in China. Its task is to safeguard national security, maintain social order, protect citizens' personal safety, personal freedom and legal property, protect public property, prevent, stop and punish illegal and criminal activities, and ensure the smooth progress of reform, opening up and socialist modernization.
The people's police of public security organs may, according to law, impose administrative compulsory measures and administrative penalties on individuals or organizations that violate public security administration or other laws and regulations on public security administration. People's police of public security organs may forcibly take away persons who seriously endanger public order or threaten public safety, detain them according to law or take other measures prescribed by law.