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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1983
THE SUCCESSFUL DETECTION OF SUCH CRIMES WAS +EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, AS THE ROBBERS LEAVE NO EVIDENCE, HE SAID.
+THEY INVARIABLY TIE UP THEIR VICTIMS SO THAT THEY CAN BE WELL AWAY FROM THE SCENE BY THE TIME THE VICTIMS HAVE FREED THEMSELVES AND RAISED THE ALARM.
MR JEAFFRESON SAID THE CASES INVOLVED A TOTAL OF 233 VICTIMS. POLICE WERE TAKING IMMEDIATE MEASURES TO STOP THESE ROBBER IES BY INCREASING PATROLLING WITHIN MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS IN THE AREAS THE ROBBERS ARE MOST LIKELY TO OPERATE.
SYSTEM OF HANDLING COURT EXHIBITS SATISFACTORY
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COURT EXHIBITS AND PROSPECTIVE COURT EXHIBITS IN CRIMINAL CASES ARE HANDLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICE ORDERS GOVERNING THE HANDLING AND STORAGE OF ALL PROPERTY HELD IN POLICE CUSTODY, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON DAVID JEAFFRESON TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
IN THE CASE OF CASH AND DRUGS, THERE ARE RULES DICTATING WHERE GIVEN AMOUNTS MAY BE STORED, MR JEAFFRESON SAID IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HƠN K.C. CHÁN.
+THE GREATER THE VALUE, THE MORE STORAGE IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MORE SENIOR OFFICERS ENDING, AS IT WERE, WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF CASH BEING STORED IN THE TREASURY'S VAULTS AND LARGE QUANTITIES OF DRUGS IN A SPECIALLY DESIGNED STORE IN POLICE HEADQUARTERS, HE SAID.
THE POLICE REVIEW THE PROCEDURES FROM TIME TO TIME, WITH THE LATEST REVIEW RESULTING IN THE INTRODUCTION OF A NUMBER OF MEASURES WITHIN THE LAST 18 MONTHS DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN THE SUPERVISION AND SECURITY OF ALL PROPERTY IN THE IR CARE, HE SAID.
+ON NOVEMBER 5, 1983, THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE OF THIS COUNCIL REVIEWED THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT'S REPORT FOR 1982/83 ON THE HANDLING OF PROPERTY BY THE POLICE AND EXPRESSED SATISFACTION WITH THE PRESENT PROCEDURES,+ MR JE AFFRE SON REPORTED.
IN ADDITION TO THE REVIEWS, TWO EXPERIMENTAL SCHEMES HAD BEEN INTRODUCED TO REFLECT THE MAJOR RESTRUCTURING OF COMMAND LEVELS AND GENERAL REORGANISATION OF THE POLICE AT REGIONAL AND DISTRICT LEVELS
IN 1982, HE ADDED.
ONE SCHEME DEALS WITH THE SITUATION IN BUSY URBAN POLICE STATIONS AND THE OTHER IS APPLICABLE TO SMALLER STATIONS WITH LESS STAFF.
+DETAILED EXAMINATION OF THESE EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEMS IN ACTION, INCLUDING A CORRUPTION PREVENTION STUDY UNDERTAKEN BY THE ICAC, HAS SHOWN THAT THEY ARE WORKABLE AND EFFECTIVE.
*A STUDY ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT A FULL SCHEME IS NOW IN HAND AND THE NEW SYSTEMS SHOULD BE INTRODUCED NEXT YEAR,+ HE SAID.
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