In 2022, Nanyang Public Security Bureau openly recruited auxiliary police staff as contract workers or labor services.

According to the announcement of Nanyang Public Security Bureau's open recruitment of police auxiliary personnel in 2022, the auxiliary police do not have the status of people's police and civil servants, have no administrative or career establishment, and have no law enforcement qualifications. They sign labor contracts according to law, which are used, managed and assessed by the employing units of the Municipal Public Security Bureau in accordance with the relevant provisions on the management of police auxiliary personnel.

Auxiliary police refers to the auxiliary police personnel of public security organs, and they are non-people police personnel recruited for the society according to the development of social security situation and the actual needs of public security work. Nanyang is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Henan Province, a provincial sub-central city and an important transportation hub in the central region.