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UMELCO
DRAFT STATEMENT BY HON S L CHEN, CBE, DSC, JP
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 4.6.1986
Paheglo
Report of the UMELCO Police Group for 1985
Included in the papers tabled is the Report of the UMELCO Police Group for 1985. This is the last annual report of the Group which was dissolved in January this year and replaced by a new Police Complaints Committee.
The Report covers the work of the Group during 1985. It will be seen that the Group examined a record number of Police investigation reports in continuation of the trend which has developed since the Group was first established in
1977. The number of new complaint cases registered by the
Complaint Against the Police Office in the year showed a
slight increase over that of 1984.
As in 1984, a high
proportion of the new cases were reported directly to the
Police.
The Report notes that in response to queries raised by the UMELCO Police Group, a number of changes in the police procedures and instructions were initiated which have brought about some improvements to the effectiveness and efficiency of the complaints system.
After careful
of the
examination of the recommendations of
the "Working Party to Review the Monitoring of CAPO by the
UMELCO Police Group", the Government announced in December 1985 that with a view to further strengthening the monitoring
capability of the Group, the latter would be re-constituted in
early 1986. The re-constituted Group, to be renamed the
Police Complaints Committee, would include Justices of the
Peace and a supporting secretariat. It would have a Chairman
and two Vice-Chairmen
drawn
from UMELCO, and eight Members
HKK 011/3
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
INDIA
1 8 JUN 1986
ABB 18
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16.
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