China News Service, Beijing, May 19 (Li Jingze) The spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security, Li Guozhong, introduced at a press conference of the Ministry of Public Security on the 19th that in recent years, the average number of public security police officers has exceeded 1,500 per year due to overwork and illness. 50 years old, far below the average life expectancy in China.
Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, a total of 16,000 policemen have died on the job and more than 300,000 police have been injured on the job.
In 2020, 315 policemen died on duty, with an average age of 46.3 years.
From January to April this year, another 69 police officers died on duty.