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THAT THEIR HE TOLD THE PART-TIME OFFICERS LINE WITH THAT TAUGHT TO THEIR REGULAR COUNTERPARTS AND POLICE PROCEDURES.
C
TRAINING WAS IN AND COVERED LAW
REQUIRED TO "UPON POSTING TO YOUR NEW FORMATIONS, YOU WILL BE
MR GOULDSMITH SAID, ADDING THAT PERFORM A PERIOD OF SUPERVISED DUTY,' THEIR
BE EXPANDED THROUGH JOB-RELATED TRAINING KNOWLEDGE WOULD
PROGRAMMES.
THE AUXILIARY POLICE POINTING OUT THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
THERE WERE SOME 700 HAD EXCEEDED 5,700 MEN AND WOMEN, HE SAID THAT
BE SEEN OFFICERS REPORTING FOR DUTY EVERY DAY AND THE MAJORITY COULD
LAW AND ORDER, AND IN PATROLLING THE STREETS, HELPING TO MAINTAIN RECENT MONTHS, ASSISTING AT VIETNAMESE DETENTION CENTRES.
PAYING TRIBUTE TO GOULDSMITH
THEIR PUBLIC
THE
FOR OFFICERS
SPIRITED THEIR ATTITUDE, MR
ALSO THANKED THEIR EMPLOYERS FOR
AVAILABLE FOR CO-OPERATION, WITHOUT WHICH MANY OF THEM WOULD NOT BE DUTY WHEN REQUIRED.
ON PARADE
TODAY
WERE
219 AUXILIARY
CONSTABLES AND 18
INSPECTORS WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED THEIR TRAINING COURSES.
LOWER SHOP THEFT FIGURE FOR 1988
THE 1988 FIGURE FOR SHOP THEFT WAS THE LOWEST SINCE 1985,
THE DEPUTY ACCORDING TO
DIRECTOR OF
MR POLICE, SUPPORT,
BRIAN
GOULDSMITH.
SPEAKING AT THE ANTI-SHOP THEFT LUCKY DRAW AND COLOURING CONTEST PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT THE POLICE SPORTS AND
GOULDSMITH SAID: RECREATION CLUB TODAY (SATURDAY), MR
"NOW THAT A TREND CONTINUES DOWNWARD TREND HAS BEEN SET, WE MUST ENSURE THAT THE AND TO THIS END THE ANTI-SHOP THEFT PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN WILL GO ON.
"I HOPE THE COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE US THE SUPPORT HELP US IN OUR EFFORTS TO REDUCE THIS CRIME."
OFFENCES
AND
WAS
IN 1988, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REPORTED SHOP THEFT 5.
611 A DECREASE OF SOME 20.7 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE FIGURES IN 1987.
+
DUE TO THE
SIGNIFICANT
DROP "THE FALL WAS LARGELY NUMBER OF JUVENILES PROSECUTED FOR THE OFFENCE, DECREASING FROM IN 1987 TO 2,274 IN 1988," MR GOULDSMITH SAID.
IN
THE 3,318
PUBLIC
RETAIL
JOINING ALSO
MR GOULDSMITH TO OFFICIATE AT THE FUNCTION INCLUDED MR LAU CHUN-SING, ACTING CHIEF STAFF OFFICER, POLICE RELATIONS BRANCH; AND MR JEREMY KIDNER, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION.
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