Policewomen on horseback, once regarded as a signature image of Dalian, Liaoning province, recently triggered debate on whether it is worthwhile to spend a lot of money on them.
A retired policeman in Dalian has asked the government of the northeastern city to make public the cost of maintaining its mounted policewomen unit, suggesting that authorities disband the division.
大连一位退休警察要求政府公开女子骑警队的维护成本，并建议解散骑警队。
Mounted police就是“骑警”，大连的“女子骑警队”就是mounted policewomen unit。这位退休警察指出，女骑警虽然在提升城市形象(upgrading the city's image)方面发挥了作用，但作为警察队伍(police force)的一部分，其在维护社会治安(maintaining public order)方面贡献不大，而且耗费人力、物力和财力。大连市公安局回应称，这些女骑警都受过专业训练(professionally trained)，除了骑马巡逻，她们也时常骑摩托车巡逻(patrol on motorcycle)，自成立以来，开展巡逻执勤7000余次，完成礼仪执勤任务(ceremonial engagements)1000余次。
我国公安机关的警察按照职责不同分为，治安警察(public security officer)、户籍警察(household registration officer)、交通警察(traffic police)、刑事犯罪侦查警察(criminal police)、网络警察(cyber police)、巡逻警察(patrol police)等。
