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24th December, 1945.

Proposal of Distribution and Strength of H.K. Police. Col. C. H. Sansom, Commissioner of Police, Hong Kong. Civil Affairs Headquarters - Secretariat.

The following proposals are submitted for the strength and establishment under the Civil Administration of Gazetted i.e. senior police officers. Further recommendations will be submitted in respect of other ranks.

2.

Attached is the copy of a letter from His Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong and scheme of organisation prepared by Mr. Pennefather-Evans in 1941. This was obtained from the Colonial Office and had not been considered in London.

3.

There should be two D.C.Ps. one responsible to the Commissioner for the uniformed branch (excluding the Training School) and the other responsible for the plain clothes Branches i.e. the Special and C.I.D. branches.

Uniform Branch. Three Superintendents should be responsible to the D.C.P. uniformed branch for the administration of (1) Hongkong Island, (2) Mainland and (3) Water Police. (The D.S.B. organisation is dealt with separately).

4.

There are four police divisions on the island i.e. Central, Western, Eastern and Shaukiwan; each should be controlled by an A.S.P.; those divisions should be comprised as shown below.

Central

Western

Central

West Point

Gough Hill Wanchai

5.

Upper Levels Pokfulam

Aberdeen

Eastern

Wanchai

Happy Valley Bay View Wongneichong

Shaukiwan

Shaukiwan Quarry Bay Shek O Stanley Tai Tam Gap

There should be in the Mainland four divisions as

shown below each under an A.S.P.

Yaumati

SamshiuPo

Kowloon Tong

N. Territories

Yaumati

SamshiuPo

TsimShaTsui

Mongkok Tsui

Kowloon Tong Hung Hom

'Tsun Wan

Sai Kung

Tai Po & all Stations in N.T.N.

Note. In order to level up the responsibilities of the four A.S.Ps. there will necessarily be an adjustment of the station areas as at present constituted. This applies especially to Yaumati and Mongkok Tuis and Kowloon Tong.

6.

Traffic will be controlled by 2 Chief Inspectors one each side of the harbour, responsible to the two Superintendents and under co-ordinating control of the D.C.F. When reference is made to traffic it contemplates only road control not the licensing of motor vehicles, rickshaws etc. Many months ago a recommendation was submitted urging that licensing should be divorced from the Police Department. If Municipalities are to be created then licensing should form a part of their respons- ibility and incidentally provide a large revenue for them. Seeing that this recommendation re Traffic Road control con- templates only members of the Inspectorate, it may be considered. inappropriate to discuss it in this memorandum. At the same time were it omitted altogether, it would surely involve queries.

7.

The Water Police should be responsible for the harbour, the water-fronts and all islands. It will be responsible for the steamer searching staff. It must have a station on each

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