Is the police a police station or a public security bureau

The police include the Armed Police and the People's Police. The people's police can be divided into four categories: public security police managed by public security departments, national security police managed by state security departments, judicial police of reform-through-labour and reeducation-through-labor departments, and judicial police of courts and procuratorates. Both the public security bureau and the police station belong to the category of police.

Public security bureau is the organizational form of public security organs and the functional department of the government in charge of public security work. Under the dual leadership of the local government and the superior Ministry of Public Security. The police station is a grass-roots organization under the Public Security Bureau, and it is the agency of the public security organ at a higher level. The main tasks of the police station are: resolutely implement the line, principles and policies of public security work; Combating criminals; Prevent and control all kinds of accidents, manage social order and maintain public order; Protect the legitimate rights and interests of the people from infringement and safeguard national security. Therefore, the police station is an institution under the Public Security Bureau. As for the police station, it should refer to the public security bureau, but in China, there is no official name of the police station. The difference between public security bureau and police station:

1, the superior is different: the public security bureau is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Public Security; The police station is the agency of the public security bureau branch, generally called the police station of the public security bureau. As the name implies, it is a subordinate unit of the Public Security Bureau.

2. Job responsibilities: The police station is mainly responsible for household registration and basic public security management. The duties of the Public Security Bureau are: to prevent, stop and investigate illegal and criminal activities; Maintain public order and stop acts that endanger public order; Manage traffic, fire fighting and dangerous goods; Manage household registration, resident identity cards, nationality, entry and exit affairs and foreigners' residence and travel in China.

3. Different business departments: there are few business organizations in police stations, while the business of public security bureau can be simply divided into: criminal, public security, traffic control, fire protection, entry and exit, population management, domestic public security and so on.