The city's Metro SWAT team has been equipped with arm shields from Monday. The equipment is light and flexible. Officers will carry them in backpacks while patrolling the Metro network. All SWAT officers have received trainings on the use of the arm shields. Metro police has increased patrolling of the subway lines ahead of the G20 summit in Hangzhou next month.(Ti Gong)
Shanghai traffic police have reminded drivers that neighboring Zhejiang Province will introduce alternate driving days for cars with even- and odd-numbered plates on highways from Sunday.
The measure, being put in place for the G20 summit in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang, will last until September 6.
Police said they will check all the cars heading to Zhejiang at the G60 Hukun Highway and S36 Tingfeng Highway.
Drivers with wrong plates will be turned back.
The rule means that on odd-number dates, only cars with odd-number plates are allowed to use the expressways, with the same applying for even-number dates.
Since Tuesday, messages about the new rule are being splashed on electronic boards on highways including the Outer Ring Road, G1501 Shanghai Ring Highway, S32 Shenjiahu Highway, G15 Shenhai Highway, G50 Huyu Highway besides G60 and S36.