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SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1992
POLICE'S VIDEO RECORDING OF PUBLIC ORDER INCIDENTS
BY
IN VIEW OF RECENT MEDIA INTEREST IN THE VIDEO RECORDING POLICE OF PUBLIC ORDER INCIDENTS, THE FOLLOWING IS AN OUTLINE OF INTERNAL POLICE GUIDELINES ON THIS SUBJECT.
1. IT IS THE EVENT, NOT THE PARTICIPANTS, WHICH ARE THE
SUBJECT OF THE RECORD.
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BY OFFICERS CONSPICUOUSLY AND WHERE POSSIBLE
FILMING IS NORMALLY DONE
IDENTIFIABLE AS POLICE OFFICERS ACCOMPANIED BY UNIFORMED OFFICERS.
3. WHERE VIDEO RECORDINGS ARE NOT REQUIRED AS EVIDENCE THEY WILL NORMALLY BE RETAINED FOR A PERIOD OF NO MORE THAN THREE MONTHS AND THEN WILL BE WIPED CLEAN.
A POLICE SPOKESMAN STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING SINISTER BEHIND POLICE USE OF VIDEOPHOTOGRAPHY OR STILL CAMERAS.
HE SAID SUCH A PRACTICE WAS ACCEPTED INTERNATIONALLY AS AN EFFECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AID, AND WAS USED EXTENSIVELY BY MANY POLICE FORCES TO ASSIST THEM IN CARRYING OUT THEIR DAILY DUTIES.
THESE FORCES INCLUDE THE METROPOLITAN POLICE IN LONDON.
IN HONG KONG, THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE MAKES EXTENSIVE USE OF VIDEO TO RECORD EVENTS SUCH AS VIETNAMESE REPATRIATIONS, DISORDER IN VIETNAMESE CAMPS, QUEUING FOR FLAT SALES, ILLEGAL ROAD RACING, FESTIVALS, CRIME RECONSTRUCTIONS AS WELL AS PUBLIC
DEMONSTRATIONS.
HE ADDED THAT THE PROCEDURES EMPLOYED WERE TO ASSIST THE POLICE IN CARRYING OUT THEIR STATUTORY DUTIES, WHILE NOT INFRINGING THE RIGHTS OF ORDINARY CITIZENS.
246 VIETNAMESE RETURN HOME
(SATURDAY)
TWO GROUPS COMPRISING 246 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY RETURNED ΤΟ VIETNAM UNDER THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.
THE FIRST GROUP WAS MADE UP OF 53 MEN, 31 WOMEN, 18 GIRLS AND WAS THE 115TH BATCH ΤΟ GO BACK UNDER THE THEIR FLIGHT TOOK OFF AROUND 6.30 AM TODAY.
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BOYS AND PROGRAMME.
WOMEN,
THE SECOND GROUP THE 116TH BATCH 31 BOYS AND 19 GIRLS. THEIR FLIGHT 8.30 AM TODAY.
COMPRISED 46 MEN, 29 LEFT FOR VIETNAM AROUND
TOTAL
THE TWO GROUPS BROUGHT TO 6,684 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WHO HAVE LEFT VOLUNTARILY THIS YEAR, AND TO 20,563 THE NUMBER OF RETURNEES SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MARCH 1989.
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