All the mergers and separations have affected the personnel of the TPPD most profoundly. For instance, having had to relocate to Taichung, many department employees only recently sold their homes in Taipei and settled down in Taichung. Now, they must reverse the whole process. One department employee wondered aloud, "Do you think we can buy our houses back?"
一分一合之間，最受影響的是警政廳同仁，許多人為遷居台中，才剛把台北住房處理掉、家庭也才剛安頓就緒，如今卻又要重來一次，「房子可還買得回來？」