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SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1990
THREE UK SUPERINTENDENTS ARRIVED
UK SECONDEES ARRIVE WITH SHOPPING' LISTS.
ARE
WITH
THE
THREE POLICE SUPERINTENDENTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM GEARING THEMSELVES FOR TWO YEARS CHALLENGING SECONDMENT FORCE.
MR PETER
THE SECONDERS, MR MALCOLM ROBERT HEBRON FROM SUSSEX, WILLIAMS FROM DORSET AND MR MICHAEL DAVIES FROM GWENT, ARE NOW ON A FAMILIARISATION TOUR AROUND VARIOUS FORMATIONS HAVING ARRIVED IN THE TERRITORY EARLY THIS MONTH.
PAYING THEIR FIRST VISIT TO HONG KONG, ALL THREE AGREED THAT THERE WAS A LOT TO BE LEARNED FROM THE FORCE WHILE AT THE SAME TIME INTERCHANGING VIEWS ON POLICING WITH LOCAL OFFICERS.
MR DAVIES TO
MR HEBRON WILL BE INITIALLY POSTED TO HOMANTIN, NORTH POINT AS DIVISIONAL COMMANDERS AND MR WILLIAMS TO TAI PO AS THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT COMMANDER, OPERATIONS.
AS A CAREER DETECTIVE, MR HEBRON IS PARTICULARY INTERESTED IN THE WORK OF THE ORGANISED AND SERIOUS CRIME GROUP AND TRIAD PROBLEMS.
THE WORK OF THE HEADQUARTERS CRIME UNIT IS OF PARTICULAR RELEVANCE TO HIM AS THE IDEA OF FORMING A NATIONAL SERIOUS CRIME UNIT IS AT PRESENT BEING MOOTED IN THE UK.
IN RETURN, MR HEBRON SAYS HE CAN OFFER HIS EXPERIENCE IN UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS AND SURVEILLANCE TECHNIQUES TO LOCAL DETECTIVES.
MR DAVIES HAS BEEN TASKED BY HIS CHIEF CONSTABLE ΤΟ TAKE A DETAILED LOOK AT THE FORCE'S APPROACH TO PUBLIC ORDER SITUATION, DRUG CONTROL AND THE WORK OF THE COMPLAINTS AGAINST POLICE OFFICE.
MR WILLIAMS, A SELF-CLAIMED "JACK OF ALL TRADES", IS AN OPEN-MIND ON THINGS THAT MAY "POP UP" DURING HIS TOUR.
THE THREE UK SECONDEES ARE EXCHANGING POSTS WITH SUPERINTENDENTS FROM THE FORCE WHO HAVE ALREADY JOINED RESPECTIVE CONSTABULARIES.
KEEPING
THREE THEIR
MR TONY HO HAS GONE TO SUSSEX, MR PETER YAM TO DORSET WHILE JOHN NG IS TO SPEND TWO YEARS IN GWENT, SOUTH WALES.
MR
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