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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1987

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RISE IN COMPLAINTS AGAINST POLICE EXPLAINED

COMPLAINTS MADE ΤΟ THE EFFORT BY RELATIONS AND PUBLICITY BUREAU (CRPB) OF THE POLICK TO

RELATION TO THE FORCE

AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS MAY HAVE BEEN ATTRIBUTED

AGAINST POLICE THE COMMUNITY INFORM PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY FOR SECURITY, THE

OF WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE IN SHOULD DO IF THEY WANT TO COMPLAIN, THE SECRETARY HON DAVID JEAFFRESON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON JEAFFRESON SAID COMPLAINTS HAD ROUGHLY DOUBLED FROM 2,247 IN 4,535 IN 1986 SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT IMPROVING THE RELATIONS OF THE PARTICULAR AND ITS PUBLICITY GENERALLY.

POON CHI-FAI, MR 1978 TO

THE OF

CRPB, WHICH AIMS AT WITH THE POLICE

COMMUNITY IN

MR JEAFFRESON POINTED OUT

THAT "ANOTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTOR

WHICH CANNOT BE IGNORED IS THE INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF THE FORCE".

DISCIPLINED MEMBERS OF 45 PER CENT, HE

"THUS PER HEAD OF THE STRENGTH OF THE IT, THE INCREASE BETWEEN 1978 AND 1986 WAS AROUND SAID.

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HAVE CONDUCTED ANY COMPREHENSIVE BUREAU, MR JEAFFRESON SAID THE

COMPREHENSIVELY INSPECTED

ON WHETHER THE AUTHORITIES REVIEW ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE

WING FORCE INSPECTION SERVICES EVERY TWO YEARS.

THE

CRPB

"THE LAST INSPECTION WAS IN MARCH

THIS YEAR AND LASTED TWO

WEEKS.

"

MR JEAFFRESON NOTED THAT THE CRPB KEPT ITS COMMUNITY

SEARCH FOR NEW ACTIVITIES UNDER CONSTANT REVIEW IN ITS IMPROVE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS.

RELATIONS

METHODS ΤΟ

NUMBER OF THE CALL,

THESE REVIEWS HAD RESULTED IN THE INTRODUCTION OF A

THE JUNIOR POLICE VENTURES INCLUDING SUCCESSFUL NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME, AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD CO-ORDINATOR SCHEME HE SAID.

"MEASURES LIKELY TO BE INTRODUCED FURTHER TO IMPROVE

THE

INCREASED PUBLIC INCLUDE

TRAINING ON AND BETWEEN THE POLICE

FOR ALL POLICE OFFICERS AND THE COURTESY AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS

TO OBTAIN FROM THE THIRD CRIME WE HOPE INFORMATION VALUABLE

ASSIST IN FURTHER IMPROVING THESE VICTIMISATION SURVEY WHICH WILL RELATIONS.

RELATIONS

"THE CLOSE CONTACT BETWEEN DISTRICT POLICE COMMANDERS

19 DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME MAINTAINED," HE ADDED.

COMMITTEES

WILL ALSO

AND THE

ΤΟ CONTINUE

BE

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