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programme, are aired respectively on the Chinese and English channels every week. Both programmes offer simple crime prevention advice as well as appealing for witnesses of crime to come forward. The fourth programme, a 15-minute weekly programme, is a youth slot primarily for the benefit of JPC members but at the same time serving as an informative youth programme.
The Voice of JPC, a 30-minute Chinese weekly radio programme, also disseminates messages relating to fighting crime and civic education.
Training
Recruit inspectors continue to undergo 36 weeks of training while the recruit constables initial course lasts 24 weeks. These courses cover criminal law, social studies, police and court procedures, drill and musketry, first-aid, physical training, life-saving skills, self- defence, and, for overseas inspectors, an eight-week course in colloquial Cantonese.
Recruit traffic wardens undergo a six-week course covering traffic legislation and procedures. There is also a wide range of specialist and continuation training courses for uniform branch officers.
The Detective Training School holds 12-week Standard Criminal Investigation Courses (SCIC) for inspectors, NCOs and constables. In 1990, these courses were also attended by a small number of officers from the Immigration Department, the Customs and Excise Department and, for the second year, an officer from the Seychelles Police Force. In all, some 500 officers of all ranks have successfully completed the courses.
All officers undergoing SCIC training receive specialist instruction in disaster victim identification techniques and while on the course form the Disaster Victim Identification Unit (DVIU) which would be deployed in the event of a major civil disaster.
Two-week continuation training courses also continued throughout the year, catering for officers of detective constable to detective inspector rank. These courses are designed to update and refresh officers who have served for four years in their respective ranks in a crime formation. A number of ad hoc courses were also held to meet the specific demands of other officers, from both Crime Wing and uniform branch.
Junior, intermediate and senior command courses continued to provide in-service training for inspectors, chief inspectors and superintendents to enhance their management and decision-making skills, with emphasis on individual participation and self-help.
A wide variety of specialist courses ranging from marine fire fighting to traffic re- construction, catering and financial investigation techniques, were organised with the help of outside education establishments. In addition a number of officers were reimbursed for attending individual courses that enhanced their job-related skills.
The Civil Service Training Centre continued to run English, Cantonese, Putonghua and Vietnamese language courses for the force.
Under the police scholarship scheme, six inspectorate officers were sent on full-time first degree courses at the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University and the City Polytechnic. Officers also attended management and specialist technical courses in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Malaysia.
Inspection Services Wing
The Inspection Services Wing carries out regular inspections at various formations to ensure the effective and efficient operation of the force. The conventional form of