Chang Fang-jung, crime beat reporter for the Independence Evening Post and author of a book on police hero Hou Yu-i, says the image of the police swings between two extremes--either heroes or dogs. One day they are heroes for cracking a case, the next they are dogs for coming up empty-handed.
套句撰寫警界英雄侯友宜傳記的自立晚報記者張芳榮的形容：刑警這行就是介於「英雄與狗熊之間」的兩極形象，今天破了案就是英雄，明天交了白卷又成了狗熊！