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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1994
POLICE RECRUITMENT REQUIREMENTS
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ASPREY, IN
FOLLOWING IS A QUESTION BY THE HON EMILY LAU WAL-HING WRITTEN REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):
QUESTION: WILL THE GOVERNMENT INFORM THIS COUNCIL WHETHER :
REPLY:
(A)
THE RECRUITMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR POLICE SPECIFY THAT APPLICANTS SHOULD NOT HAVE RECORDS;
OFFICERS CRIMINAL
(B)
MR PRESIDENT,
(A)
(B)
THERE ARE SERVING POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAVE CRIMINAL RECORDS; IF SO, WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF SUCH OFFICERS BY RANK. WHAT ARE THE TUPES OF CRIMINAL OFFENCES COMMITTED BY THESE OFFICERS AND WHAT IS THE NUMBER OFFICERS UNDER BACH TYPE OF OFFENCE?
OF
ΤΟ
RECRUIT
IT IS THE POLICY OF THE POLICE FORCE NOT PERSONS WITH A RECORD OF CRIMINAL CONVICTION, ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT STATED EXPLICITLY IN PUBLISHED RECRUITMENT REQUIREMENTS.
FIVE SERVING OFFICERS HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF CRIMINAL OFFENCES. THESE INCLUDE ONE SENIOR INSPECTOR, ONE INSPECTOR AND THREE POLICE CONSTABLES. THE DETAILS
ARE
TYPE OF OFFENCE
NUMBER OF OFFICERS (RANK)
DISORDERLY CONDUCT COMMON ASSAULT
SHOP THEFT
AIDING AND ABETTING THE MAKING OF A FALSE STATEMENT TO AN IMMIGRATION OFFICER
ONE (SENIOR INSPECTOR) TWO (INSPECTOR AND POLICE CONSTABLE)
ONE (POLICE CONSTABLE)
ONE (POLICE CONSTABLE)
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