Sources with China People's Public Security University (CPPSU) say that a team of experts and psychologists is now working to pick up abnormal behavior in local police and to ease their psychological burdens as they usually work under pressure and deal with unpleasant situations.

CPPSU professor Sun Juan says that the frequent transition froma law enforcer at work to a nobody at home, is experienced by many police officers and can also induce psychological disease.

The hotline is expected to provide professional and effective psychological guidance to police officers. It is important to keep consulting conversations confidential, according to Sun.

In recent years, the psychological condition of members of the police force has gained increasing attention across the country. Apolice psychological service center is already operating in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province.

Although the police profession usually gives the impression of power and might and the theatrical representation of police is always of dauntless supermen, police officers are in the end just people who are not different from other citizens.

Experts say that psychological assistance will not only help to remedy psychological abnormalities in members of the police force but also prevent police from professional transgressions.

(Xinhua News Agency March 28, 2002)