Shaanxi Purchased 6 Million Command Vehicles for Superior Requirements

Recently, pictures of a group of police command vehicles of the Public Security Bureau of Shaanxi Province were spread on Weibo. Some netizens broke the news that the car was worth 5 million yuan. Chen Wei, deputy director of the Public Security Department of Shaanxi Province, responded with a microblog response. He said that this is required by the Ministry of Public Security and can maintain contact with the country through maritime satellites in the event of any communication disruption. According to public information, Shaanxi Provincial Public Security Department invested 6 million yuan in the purchase of large police command vehicles.

The photos on the Weibo show that the large police command vehicle brand of Shaanxi Provincial Public Security Department is Volvo. There are meeting rooms, beds, shower rooms, etc. in the car.

On the evening of June 30th, Chen Li, deputy director of the Public Security Department of Shaanxi Province, replied: “Dear Netizen: This car is really useful! Don’t get me wrong. This is what the Ministry of Public Security requires. It is accompanied by a satellite static communication, and in the event of any communication disruption, it maintains contact with the state through maritime satellites, and the public security bureau, the provincial government and the government in Wenchuan earthquake rely on it! Welcome to visit!"

The reporter called the Shaanxi Provincial Public Security Bureau. According to its staff, this kind of police command vehicle is only one in Shaanxi, which is the need for the command center to move forward and provide relief.

According to the search for journalists from the Southern Capital, in fact, this group of photos has been circulating in several forums as early as in 2008 and 2009. According to a report published on the Ministry of Public Security website in April 2008, Shaanxi Provincial Public Security Department purchased a large-scale police command vehicle that cost 6 million yuan.

According to the article, the Shaanxi Provincial Public Security Department’s “large-scale command vehicle purchased for investment of 6 million yuan has already been put into use”, “the investment of 3.5 million yuan for imported aviation powered parachute has been distributed to various cities” and “three cities purchased by Yulin and other cities”. Fire tanks are fully equipped" and so on.

A report in the “Shaanxi Daily” in July 2012 stated that Shaanxi has “invested 450 million yuan in total, and equipped police helicopters, fire fighting tanks, aviation powered parachutes, large-scale police command vehicles, and mobile satellite communications vehicles at the grassroots level. Filled a number of gaps in the history of Shaanxi Public Security."