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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TELNO 155 OF
15 FEBRUARY 1978 ·
OFFICE LONDON
INFO IMMEDIATE F C O, HOME OFFICE (FOR SIR COLIN WOODS)
THE FOLLOWING PRESS RELEASE WILL BE ISSUED AT 2100 ON 15 FEBRUARY:-
''MR J W D CRANE, HEAD OF THE THREE-MAN TEAM OF SPECIAL POLICE ADVISERS FROM BRITAIN, LEFT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM. HE WILL RETURN IN ABOUT FOUR WEEKS.
MR CRANE SAID THAT THE TEAM HAD MADE A VERY GOOD START TO THEIR ASSIGNMENT. THEY HAD VISITED DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, IN KOWLOON, THE NEW TERRITORIES AND IN MARINE DISTRICT, DIVISIONAL POLICE STATIONS, THE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL AND AUXILIARY POLICE HEADQUARTERS. THEY HAD HELD FREQUENT DISCUSSIONS
WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, HAD TALKED WITH MANY MEMBERS OF THE FORCE AT ALL LEVELS. THEY HAD MET REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS' ASSOCIATION AND THE TWO INSPECTORS' ASSOCIATIONS, AND INTEND TO MEET REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE JPOA AFTER ITS
ELECTION.
AND
THE TEAM HAD VISITED DEPARTMENTS OF THE ICAC FOR DISCUSSIONS WITH
THE COMMISSIONER AND MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF.
MR CRANE STRESSED THAT THE ROLE OF THE TEAM IS TO ADVISE ON THE
ORGANISATION OF THE POLICE FORCE AND ON THE PROCEDURES OF THE ICAC, ''WE HAVE SPENT MOST OF OUR TIME SO FAR GETTING TO KNOW HOW THE TI ORGANISATIONS OPERATE'' HE SAID. "THIS IS A NECESSARY FIRST STEP. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE BACKGROUND AND IDENTIFY LINES OF ENQUIRY BEFORE WE CAN OFFER USEFUL ADVICE."'
THE TEAM HAS HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE UMELCO POLICE GROUP
CHAIRED BY SIR SIDNEY GORDON) AND THE ICAC COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE (CHAIRED BY SIR Y K KAN). IT HAS HAD MEETINGS WITH THE PREVENTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE CITIZENS
ON COMMUNITY RELATIONS OF THE ICAC.
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