CO129-591-8 Policy directives 10-3-1944 - 17-8-1944 — Page 95

HONG KONG

CIVIL AFFAIRS POLICY DIRECTIVES

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Second Draft

14/4/44.

POLICE

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The Police Department was a self-contained Department

charged with the prevention and detection of crime; It was

equipped with the usual sub-branches e.g. special, detective,

traffic, water police etc; special units were maintained in reserve

for emergencies; it was assisted by a Police reserve and also was

responsible for the provision of Anti-Piracy guards.

2.

On re-occupation the Commissioner of Police will be

responsible, in addition to the above, for the administration of the

Prisons Department; for the control of immigration to such extent as

may be decided by Government; for the control of dangerous drugs,

which will include opium; and for civil defence measures.

3. In the first instance all uniformed ranks should be liable

for duty in the regular police or in any of the above-mentioned

departments.

4. Otherwise, generally speaking, the Police Department should

be reconstituted on the same lines as in pre-war days.

6.

and

5. Apart from the recognised crime preventive and detective

duties immediate steps should be taken to obtain control of all

firearms, and to suppress trafficking in drugs, including opium.

Liaison should be established with the Canton and Macao

Police, and, if practicable, with Chungking and Shanghai,

especially with the Police administrations of Malaya, the Philippines

and Indo-China. There should be full realisation that many of the

problems of present day police work cannot be treated parochially.

7. Certain legislation of a penal nature exempts Chinese from

the mischief of its provisions. These exemptions should, so far as

is practicable, be abolished.

8.

The pre-war Police included in its cadre 277 poste for

European officers of the Inspector grade.

Subject to the