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Police.
Detention
Centre
Relieving the Police from managing the High Island
has also helped. There are now 200 more
police officers on the streets of the city every day than
there were three months
In addition we have four ago.
regional police
police emergency units, which have available more
powerful and sophisticated arms and protective equipment.
These units are there to respond to '999' calls and,
emergencies, to move quickly to support officers on patrol.
in
73.
Over the past 12 months, the police have carried
out å series of successful, large-scale operations directed
at preventing serious crime.
possible
and the
Gathering
These operations are made
by intelligence reports on the sources of firearms
identity of criminals and criminal gangs.
information has been helped by increased
co-operation with the Chinese authorities.
Our police are
developing
a
good
working
relationship
with
their
counterparts
the across
border, not
in only
the fight
against cross-border
crime, but also in the rapid exchange
of information.
74.
Smuggling,
particularly of cars and electrical
goods into China, has been a particular cause for concern.
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