Newly appointed police personnel who have no relevant experience to hold the position or have experience to hold the position one class lower for less than six months shall be subject to a probationary period of six months. Police personnel who pass the probationary period shall be formally appointed while those who fail it shall be dismissed.
Officers under probationary periods shall be deemed to have failed it if any of the following circumstances applies: (1) Paragraph 2 of Civil Service Employment Act’s Article 20, or (2) Any of the conditions that are punishable by one major reprimand in accordance with the Reward and Punishment Standard for Police Personnel, enacted pursuant to Article 28 of this Act.
Students who graduate from Central Police University, Central Police College, Taiwan Police College or Police Academy after having completed internships and passed examinations before being assigned to their posts shall be exempt from the probationary period.

Positions to which police officers are assigned shall be subject to the regulations of each police organization’s or school’s organization act and shall match officer’s rank and class. In the event that no officers with the required rank and class are available to be assigned to a specific position, a senior officer with good job performance, despite ranked one class lower, may be assigned to the position. An officer ranked one class higher may be assigned to a lower position under special circumstances.
Qualifications for different positions along with their tasks shall be delineated in the table of positions and corresponding ranks and classes; if necessary, one position may open to two or three classes.
The above-mentioned table of positions and corresponding ranks and classes shall be formulated by the Ministry of Civil Service in coordination with relevant agencies under the Executive Yuan after taking into account the degree of responsibilities and the nature of tasks for each position, pending the approval of the Examination Yuan.
If the positions and corresponding ranks and classes prescribed in the organization acts of the organizations subject to this Act, contradict the table of positions and corresponding ranks and classes in this Act before its amendment came into force on May 21, 1997, the provisions in the table of positions and corresponding ranks and classes shall apply temporarily. Nevertheless, if police organizations’ or schools’ organization acts are amended or formulated after May 21, 1997, the provisions in the organization acts shall apply.

Supervisors of all levels and personnel holding specialized positions in a police organization may be cultivated through promotion education or professional training.

The promotion and position transfer for police personnel shall take into consideration of personal merits and performance, and differences in the missions and job requirements for a police organization or police school. It shall be conducted in line with the principles of paying equal attention to personal experience and achievements and balancing internal and external promotion and shall be transparent, fair and impartial. The candidates who are most qualified shall be promoted or transferred to other positions to gain work experience, so as to promote and nurture outstanding police personnel.
Police personnel with special merits should be promoted. A public meeting shall be convened by the National Police Agency to review the promotion.
If the qualifications for police personnel who shall be promoted in accordance with the preceding paragraph are insufficient, their promotion shall be deferred until their qualifications been fulfilled. If their appointment qualifications do not meet those described in the lowest rank of the target position in the table of positions and corresponding ranks and classes, they shall be promoted to one class higher and be exempt from the provisions of Article 13.
The promotion of police personnel is not subject to the Regulations of Civil Service Promotion Act. Its scope, manner of implementation, limitation and other relevant matters should be formulated by the Ministry of the Interior.

The power to select and appoint officers of various ranks is divided as follows:
1. Officers of the selected rank should be selected and appointed by the Ministry of the Interior or be proposed to the Executive Yuan to be selected and appointed.
2. Officers of the recommended rank and delegated rank should be selected and appointed by the Ministry of the Interior or by authorized municipal governments.