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When the Commissioner of Police issues the order "Force Mobilisation" (FORMOB), parts of the Police Public Relations Branch will merge with the Information Services Department.
Information officers attached to PPRB will be deployed to man the CIC and HQ CCC in accordance with instructions issued by CSO/PR.
11.
Departmental Information Units will continue to operate as necessary with the general aim of countering false and misleading media reports without delay.
12.
Information
Officers not assigned to specific tasks may be required to reinforce the CIC to cover and report on incidents for the information of the IPC and CIC.
13.
The Creative
Sub-division will ensure that adequate staff are deployed for design, photography and dark room duties.
14.
The
Departmental
Secretary
will be
responsible for the provision of logistical support during the emergency.
FLOW OF INFORMATION
15. whether
All
information relating to the emergency, from Departmental Units or Police Command and Control Centres, must be passed to the CIC for collation and dissemination. PPRB officers manning Regional Command and Control Centres (RCCCs), in particular, are responsible for passing a running factual account of events and operations to the CIC. Sensitive information should not be released without clearance from the IPC or HQ CCC.
16.
DIS,
in conjunction with CSO/PR, will arrange regular briefings for media representatives.
THE MEDIA
17.
When
there
is
no
curfew,
representatives will normally make their arrangements for obtaining information.
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