Advancement is only possible through in-house promotion examinations, or performance reviews. Hsieh Ming-hui, a former police official and now a member of the National Assembly, says that academic background is still given too much weight in this system.
巡官的升遷空間沒有上限，但基層員警除非通過內部升等考試，或評估工作績效良好，否則不易獲取升遷資格，警界出身的國代謝明輝也指出，學歷在整個升遷因素中，仍然佔有重要地位。