SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1990
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MRS TAM TOLD THE GRADUATING OFFICERS THAT THE MOST SERIOUS AND CENTRAL TASK AND THE ONE WHICH MUST HAVE DRAWN THEM TO A POLICE CAREER IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS TO ENSURE THAT LAW AND ORDER WERE MAINTAINED WITHIN THE TERRITORY.
"THE TASK WOULD INVOLVE YOU IN AN
ENORMOUS VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, SHE ADDED.
YOUR VARIOUS LEVELS
**YOUR TRAINING WILL HAVE PREPARED YOU AT FOR THE WIDE RANGE OF DUTIES THAT COME WITHIN THE SCOPE OF A POLICE OFFICER'S WORK," MRS TAM SAID.
SHE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT POLICE OFFICERS NEEDED TO BE TOUGH AND HAVE HIGH STANDARDS.
"THEY MUST HAVE THE HIGHEST INTEGRITY AND STICK TO THE PRINCIPLES THEY KNOW ARE RIGHT. BUT ALSO, IN ORDER ΤΟ CARRY OUT THEIR ROLE SUCCESSFULLY, TO INSPIRE TRUST AND GAIN CO-OPERATION, THEY HAVE TO BE TACTFUL, CARING AND HUMANE.
"POLICEMEN AND POLICEWOMEN ARE PEOPLE FOR WHOM WE SHOULD FEEL RESPECT; WHO SERVE SOCIETY, ASSIST IN ITS WEAKER MEMBERS, THOSE IN TROUBLE OR DIFFICULTY, THE ELDERLY, THE CHILDREN; AND KEEP ORDER IN THE COMMUNITY, MRS TAM SAID.
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ON PARADE TODAY WERE 32 PROBATIONARY INSPECTORS AND 189 CONSTABLE RECRUITS WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED THEIR BASIC TRAINING.
POLICE ANTI-CRIME OPERATIONS RESULT IN ARRESTS
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TERRITORY-WIDE ANTI-CRIME OPERATIONS OVER THE
PAST WEEK HAVE
RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF 380 INDIVIDUALS FOR A VARIETY OF OFFENCES AND THE DISCOVERY OF 33 WANTED PERSONS.
A TOTAL OF 650 ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS WERE ALSO ARRESTED.
UNIT,
FORMATIONS TAKING PART INCLUDED THE POLICE TACTICAL EMERGENCY UNITS, ORGANISED AND SERIOUS CRIME GROUP, REGIONAL CID AND UNIFORM BRANCH PERSONNEL.
IN ADDITION TO THESE FORCEWIDE OPERATIONS, DAY-TO-DAY POLICE DUTIES WERE SUCCESSFUL IN THE DETECTION OF 29 CASES OF BURGLARY AND 50 CASES OF ROBBERY.
OF PARTICULAR NOTE DURING THIS PERIOD WERE THE FOLLOWING CASRS INVOLVING THE ARREST OF PERSONS IN POSSESSION OF FIREARMS :
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