I want to seek legal advice from Taichung police about some things done to me. It would be a little long-winded for me to explain these things over the police hotlines so does anyone know the Taichung police email? Or do you just email the NPA instead?
Taipei has good online forms to report things but Taichung police isn’t like that.
Two things wrong.
One. Police cannot give legal advice. They are not lawyers and not qualified. They are not accountable to you and will not take responsibility for their fuckups.
Two. As an English speaker, you are less likely to be taken seriously as prosecution often don’t speak English and are more likely to just dismiss the relatively disorganised report. (Have experience with this) They definitely don’t want to hear anything long winded.
Three. Don’t talk to the police!
Ok. Three things.
Only lawyers can give legal advice.
Here you go! These is my lawyer’s office and lawyers and they speak English fluently.
If you want the highest chance of success, then you need a lawyer.
You could try to make a report on
Make a TCPASS / 台中通 https://tcpass.taichung.gov.tw account and login to the other page.
They can help you forward your report to the right place.
btw. I previously made reports on Taipei Pass app and they were forwarded to the right place outside of Taipei government.
Taipei police’s website has an English police report page where you can submit a written report.
Taichung police’s website has no such page.
I live currently in Taipei, but I want to report to the police something that happened to me in Taichung. Explanation of what happened is lengthy, so it is better I submit a written report than make a garbled explanation on the phone. Can I use the Taipei website to report about what happened to me in Taichung?
https://english.police.gov.taipei/cp.aspx?n=4C927E8874B0DDE8
The Taichung City Government Citizen Crime Reporting Center has a 24 hour free complaints hotline 0800-000-066 which commenced on May 1, 2004. Citizens are welcomed to use this hotline to report any problems related to environmental protection issues, construction and building issues, traffic problems and others.
Many citizens get confused as to which phone number to ring when they wish to make a complaint to the city government, therefore this easy to remember hotline 0800-000066 was established, where city government officials would be at hand to answer calls and provide prompt services to our citizens, ensuring the quality and efficiency of our city government services.
Problems and complaints that this hotline deals with includes: noise pollution, water pollution, air pollution, rubbish disposal, traffic signal malfunctions, hazardous pot holes, missing manhole covers, collapsed road works signs, collapsed light poles, traffic obstruction by soil or rocks, bridge damages, collapsed trees obstructing traffic, flooding of drainage pipes, any cases of flooding, tap water supply leakages, gas leakages and many more.
In order to improve the service and efficiency of our citizen services, since March 1, 2005, the special hotline 0800-435111 for reporting illegal use of public spaces has been combined with the new free hotline 0800-000066. If citizens wish to report any illegal use of public spaces, they should call 0800-000066 between office hours of 8am till 5:30pm, or call the Taichung City Government main line at 2228-9111 ext. 2828, or call 110 after office hours and on holidays, where officials will be at hand to handle complaints.
-i want to report an actual crime, not the type of things detailed there (“ any problems related to environmental protection issues, construction and building issues, traffic problems and others.”)
-I want to submit a written report.
