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A recent citizen request left the officers at Taichung’s Daya precinct speechless. A woman came to file a report, but it wasn’t about a criminal—she wanted their help catching a ghost in her home. The officers patiently explained that they couldn’t help her with this supernatural request, and suggested that she find a Taoist priest instead.

- You need a priest. Why are you coming to the police?
- It’s the same! Priests are like you police officers.
- It’s not the same. This is a religious matter. We don’t know how to handle that.

The officer on duty at the Daya Police Station took this woman’s report. But the task was trickier than usual. After hearing her request, they were left speechless.

- You guys belong to the world of the living. You catch people.
- We only catch criminals.
- The shadow side catches ghosts.
- We don’t catch ghosts.
- You police officers definitely catch them!

Corporeal thieves and scammers are definitely within the police’s power to apprehend. But this woman wanted them to catch a less tangible harasser. Even if they went to her place, the officers wouldn’t be able to see it, so then what? All they could do was console the woman and try to patiently explain.

Tsai Chin-chuan
Daya station sergeant
She reported strange occurrences recently at her residence. After patiently listening to the report, we explained that the matter was outside of the scope of law enforcement, and suggested that she seek help from somewhere else.

Faced with an otherworldly task, these officers from the world of the living were powerless to help. They could only advise the woman to find an expert in the supernatural like a Taoist priest proficient in exorcism to ease her mental burden.

Member of public
Weighing in on ghosts
The police are there to catch criminals. Ghosts are incorporeal. They can’t catch those.

Lee Kuo-lung
Daya Yongxing Temple
If taken as a religious matter, they should come pray. If these problems are occurring frequently, then they should probably go see a doctor.

Police are there to serve the public, and may receive any kind of report. But being asked to catch a ghost is admittedly pretty rare, leaving these officers between a rock and a spiritual place.

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