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FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1983 ·
POLICE JOB NOT EASY, BLUE BERETS TOLD
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THE ROLE OF A POLICE OFFICER IN HONG KONG IS NOT AN EASY ONE, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SUPPORT, MR MIKE HAMMETT, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY). HE DESCRIBED IT AS 'A DEMANDING AND OFTEN DANGEROUS PROFESSION WHICH REQUIRES PATIENCE, FIRMNESS AND COMMON SENSE'.
ADDRESSING A PASSING OUT PARADE AT THE POLICE TACTICAL UNIT, MR HAMMETT REMINDED THE BLUE BERETS OF ECHO COMPANY THAT WHATEVER THEY DID THEY WOULD BE UNDER CLOSE PUBLIC SCRUTINY.
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''BY THE VERY NATURE OF YOUR DUTIES YOU AND THE FORCE AS A WHOLE WILL OFTEN BE THE SUBJECT OF CRITICISM - MOST OF THIS WILL BE VALID AND WELL MEANING, PART WILL BE MISINFORMED AND EVEN MALICIOUS.
''WE MUST ACCEPT CRITICISM WHERE THIS IS WELL FOUNDED AND ENDEAVOUR TO IMPROVE OUR SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC.
''IT IS YOU, THE POLICE OFFICERS ON THE GROUND, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT WORKING ON YOUR OWN, WHOSE DECISIONS AND ACTIONS ARE
} UNDER CONTINUAL EXAMINATION HE NOTED, STRESSING THAT THIS WAS A CONSIDERABLE RESPONSIBILITY TO BEAR.
MR HAMMETT ADVISED THE OFFICERS TO DO THEIR DUTY IN GOOD FAITH AND ASSURED THEM THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR SENIOR OFFICERS AND THAT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
''PUBLIC CO-OPERATION AND ASSISTANCE ARE ESSENTIAL IF WE ARE TO EFFECTIVELY MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER IN HONG KONG, HE ADDED.
PRAISING THE POLICE TACTICAL UNIT FOR HAVING PLAYED A VERY SIGNIFICANT PART IN THE MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER IN THE TERRITORY, HE SAID THE COMPANIES WHO HAD BEEN TRAINED AT THE PTU BASE HAD JUSTIFIABLY EARNED A HIGH REPUTATION FOR SMARTNESS, DISCIPLINE AND THE ABILITY TO PERFORM ANY GIVEN TASK.
''THE INSTRUCTION YOU HAVE RECEIVED OVER THE PAST 10 WEEKS FORMS AN IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR OVERALL TRAINING AS POLICE OFFICERS AND YOU WILL NOW BE BETTER EQUIPPED TO FACE THE VARIED AND CHALLENGING TASK THAT AWAIT YOU,'' MR HAMMETT SAID.
HE EARLIER PRESENTED AWARDS TO OUTSTANDING OFFICERS ON THE INTERNAL SECURITY TRAINING COURSE.
INSPECTORS WAN PO-SHING AND JOHN COX, COMMANDERS OF THE NO. 4 PLATOON, RECEIVED FROM MR HAMMETT THE TROPHY FOR THE BEST-ALL- ROUND PLATOON.
SERGEANT WONG CHUN-WING WAS SELECTED THE BEST-ALL-ROUND SERGEANT WHILE POLICE CONSTABLE TSE LAI-KEUNG WAS THE BEST AMONG THOSE OF HIS RANK IN THE COMPANY.
/THE LESLIE