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> A: [金]{かね}は？  
>  B: いつもの[通]{とお}りだ。それより[公安]{こうあん}の[方]{ほう}は？  
>  A: 心配するな。 私がついている。

> A: The money?  
>  B: Planned as always. Aside from that, public safety の方は？  
>  A: Don't worry. We're with you.

I'm not understanding what the の方は？ is doing. Or what it's supposed to mean.
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How is の方 used in それより公安の方は?
の[方]{ほう} is just a way of emphasizing "about".

> Apart from that, what about the public safety department?

Literally, it means "direction". A similar way of saying Xの方 in English would
be with "on the X side of things", i.e.

> Apart from that, what about the public safety department side of things?

P.S. There was a [similar
question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/11023/%E6%96%B9-also-
read-%E3%81%BB%E3%81%86-when-referring-to-a-person) where the OP confused
の[方]{ほう} with の[方]{かた}, which is grammatically viable (replace a noun with
another noun), but doesn't make as much sense here.
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