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An ordinary woman doing an extraordinary job
By Cui Songge and Pan Zheng |
March 28, 2009, Saturday
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SHE caught an armed criminal with a senior officer in her first year on the force. She is now in charge of other police and keeps in touch with a personal radio.
She has two mobile phones with five batteries keeping her permanently in touch with the world. She's a policewoman keen on her career, and, in many ways, an ordinary young woman in Shanghai.
Liu Yi is vice commander of the Command Bureau of Minhang Police Station - the first female police commander in the city, and the director of 110 Command Center. And she is one of the Top 10 Excellent Youth Police.
While we all know to call the police immediately when a crime occurs, what we don't know is how the police reach the scene quickly. Liu's 110 Command Center of Minhang District is the key to the police getting there rapidly.
In 2004 there was a murder in an apartment. Liu found that the murderer was near the exit of the outer ring on Caobao Road. She immediately reported his appearance and his likely escape route to police nearby and dispatched other police to help intercept him. Two hours later, the murderer was arrested.
"That was my first case experiencing a real command situation. I was so nervous my hands were shaking when I held the microphone," she recalls.
Remembering her first time in command, Liu feels like it just happened yesterday. "A few minutes' silence on radio is just like a few years for me."
However, being a commander is not just office work. After she became director of 110 Commander Center, she arranged the security plans for the Torch Relay of the Beijing Olympic Games in Minhang.
Problems kept cropping up one after another: How to allocate 2,000 policemen? How to deal with potential dangers?
Before the torch relay, Liu and her colleagues had walked along the route and through all the roads and neighborhoods. "You have to count out how long it would take to evacuate all the people on the road if an emergency occurs," she says.
After the Sichuan earthquake, the plan had been changed more than 20 times. On the eve of the last day, Liu found herself suffering from a high fever. But she only allowed herself a quick nap on a sofa in the office before returning to duty.
"My job was to ensure the 100-percent security of the Torch Relay," she says.
But don't think of her just as tough woman on the job. When she's at home, Liu is just an ordinary woman and a good wife: She's good at cooking and she often helps doing housework.
Liu has been married for five years. She hopes to have a baby, but her work keeps her from her dream.
But her husband, who is a policeman as well, understands her. "He's a sensible man. He doesn't talk a lot, but I can feel his silent support and tolerance," Liu says.
She has two mobile phones with five batteries keeping her permanently in touch with the world. She's a policewoman keen on her career, and, in many ways, an ordinary young woman in Shanghai.
Liu Yi is vice commander of the Command Bureau of Minhang Police Station - the first female police commander in the city, and the director of 110 Command Center. And she is one of the Top 10 Excellent Youth Police.
While we all know to call the police immediately when a crime occurs, what we don't know is how the police reach the scene quickly. Liu's 110 Command Center of Minhang District is the key to the police getting there rapidly.
In 2004 there was a murder in an apartment. Liu found that the murderer was near the exit of the outer ring on Caobao Road. She immediately reported his appearance and his likely escape route to police nearby and dispatched other police to help intercept him. Two hours later, the murderer was arrested.
"That was my first case experiencing a real command situation. I was so nervous my hands were shaking when I held the microphone," she recalls.
Remembering her first time in command, Liu feels like it just happened yesterday. "A few minutes' silence on radio is just like a few years for me."
However, being a commander is not just office work. After she became director of 110 Commander Center, she arranged the security plans for the Torch Relay of the Beijing Olympic Games in Minhang.
Problems kept cropping up one after another: How to allocate 2,000 policemen? How to deal with potential dangers?
Before the torch relay, Liu and her colleagues had walked along the route and through all the roads and neighborhoods. "You have to count out how long it would take to evacuate all the people on the road if an emergency occurs," she says.
After the Sichuan earthquake, the plan had been changed more than 20 times. On the eve of the last day, Liu found herself suffering from a high fever. But she only allowed herself a quick nap on a sofa in the office before returning to duty.
"My job was to ensure the 100-percent security of the Torch Relay," she says.
But don't think of her just as tough woman on the job. When she's at home, Liu is just an ordinary woman and a good wife: She's good at cooking and she often helps doing housework.
Liu has been married for five years. She hopes to have a baby, but her work keeps her from her dream.
But her husband, who is a policeman as well, understands her. "He's a sensible man. He doesn't talk a lot, but I can feel his silent support and tolerance," Liu says.
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