HONG KONG
CIVIL AFFAIRS POLICY DIRECTIVES
54152.
Second Draft
14/4/44.
POLICE
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The Police Department was a self-contained Department
charged with the prevention and detection of crime; It was
equipped with the usual sub-branches e.g. special, detective,
traffic, water police etc; special units were maintained in reserve
for emergencies; it was assisted by a Police reserve and also was
responsible for the provision of Anti-Piracy guards.
2.
On re-occupation the Commissioner of Police will be
responsible, in addition to the above, for the administration of the
Prisons Department; for the control of immigration to such extent as
may be decided by Government; for the control of dangerous drugs,
which will include opium; and for civil defence measures.
3. In the first instance all uniformed ranks should be liable
for duty in the regular police or in any of the above-mentioned
departments.
4. Otherwise, generally speaking, the Police Department should
be reconstituted on the same lines as in pre-war days.
6.
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5. Apart from the recognised crime preventive and detective
duties immediate steps should be taken to obtain control of all
firearms, and to suppress trafficking in drugs, including opium.
Liaison should be established with the Canton and Macao
Police, and, if practicable, with Chungking and Shanghai,
especially with the Police administrations of Malaya, the Philippines
and Indo-China. There should be full realisation that many of the
problems of present day police work cannot be treated parochially.
7. Certain legislation of a penal nature exempts Chinese from
the mischief of its provisions. These exemptions should, so far as
is practicable, be abolished.
8.
The pre-war Police included in its cadre 277 poste for
European officers of the Inspector grade.
Subject to the