Strictly
prevent the "electronic eye" from becoming a profit-seeking tool
Wang Shengqiang
The recently issued "Notice of the Ministry of Public Security on the Implementation of the Administrative Punishment Law" sets out clear requirements for regulating the installation and use of electronic technology monitoring equipment. Monitoring equipment has become a "fine tool".
This move was generally praised by people.
Electronic monitoring equipment, commonly known as "electronic eyes" or "electronic police", has long been an important means for public security agencies to collect and fix traffic violation facts. It has played an active role in deterring traffic violations, maintaining traffic order, and protecting the personal safety of the people.
However, due to various reasons, there are also problems such as unreasonable equipment settings, non-standard traffic signals, lax audit input, and inadequate notifications.
In some places, the "electronic eyes" are set up in secret corners to engage in secret law enforcement. Many people are punished unclearly and do not know when and where they were captured; in some places, the offending parties are not notified in time, causing the parties to be in the same place. Captured by the same device again; some places outsourced the installation of the "electronic eye" and the collection of fines to the company, suspected of forming a community of interests with the company; some "electronic eye" settings are unscientific and unreasonable, resulting in a huge amount of fines; some "electronic eye" failed After regular mandatory testing, even for substandard products, there are errors in the data issued.
The problem does not arise in one or two days. The media has received widespread attention, the people have repeatedly called for it, and the localities and departments can't say that they don't pay attention to it. Why is it always difficult to eradicate it?
There are reasons for the unclear operating procedures and unscientific working methods, but trying to escrow penalties and regard the "electronic eye" as a profit-seeking law enforcement tool is an important one.
These actions violated the original intention of the "electronic eye" and ultimately damaged the credibility of law enforcement.
Comprehensive issues need to be comprehensively implemented.
The "Notice" has hit the nail on the head for the stubborn diseases of the "electronic eye", and it is clear that it must undergo legal and technical reviews beforehand to ensure that the electronic technology monitoring equipment meets the standards, is reasonably set up, and has obvious signs, and announces the location of the installation to the society.
In particular, the "Notice" draws a red line on who installs the "electronic eye" and who collects the fine, stating that it is strictly prohibited to require the parties to bear or share the cost of setting up electronic technology monitoring equipment, and it is strictly forbidden to hand over the electronic technology monitoring equipment to market entities and the market The entity directly or indirectly collects fines.
These two "prohibitions" catch the point and point to cutting off the chain of interests behind the "electronic eye", which will help prevent some law enforcement agencies from forming a community of interests with enterprises, and will help stop the impulse to impose more punishment and more punishment.
Of course, cutting off the chain of interests behind the "electronic eye" will inevitably move some people's cheese.
Relevant localities and departments should recognize the importance of improving the level of social governance and safeguarding social fairness and justice, be fully prepared for the difficulties and obstacles that may be encountered, and achieve ideological attention, supporting policies, and effective implementation to form government advancement. , The combined efforts of departmental rectification and social supervision.
Only in this way can the "electronic eye" return to the functional position of a law enforcement weapon, and truly become the patron saint of the people's personal safety, rather than a cash machine for increasing income.