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BUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1987

POLICING THE RAILWAY

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KILOMETRES OF TRACK NATURALLY CLEMENTS BAYS MUCH OF THE DAILY SURFACE BEAT OFFICERS.

COMPRISING 37 STATIONS HAS SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS, ROUTINE IS THE SAME

AND 38.6

BUT MR. AS THAT FOR

"ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS WE HAVE ONE POLICE CONSTABLE TO EACH STATION. THE CONSTABLE'S JOB IS TO PATROL THAT WITH THE TECHNICAL RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CONTROL ROOM MTR'S KOWLOON BAY DEPOT, SUCH AS CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION FACILITIES, WE CAN GET A FAST, ACCURATE RESPONSE SHOULD AN INCIDENT BE REPORTED,

** HE POINTED OUT.

ASSIGNED

STATION AND, IN THE AND RADIO BY THE OFFICER

ON

THE WAY ON PATROLS AND

"IF THE OFFICER REQUIRES SUPPORT, HELP CAN BE THE VERY NEXT TRAIN. HE'S ALSO BACKED UP BY TRAIN SUPERVISORY PATROLS AS WELL AS BY SPECIAL THEME SQUAD' PATROLS."

MR. CLEMENTS SAYS A SIGNIFICANT FEATURE IS THE OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON. ONE REASON FOR THIS IS

LOY INCIDENCE CRIME IS LIKELY TO BE REPORTED QUICKLY

THAT A VIOLENT AND DRAW A RAPID RESPONSE.

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"A RAPID RESPONSE AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF A RAPID ARREST MAJOR DETERRENT TO VIOLENT CRIME.

MTR DISTRICT HAS 293 STAFF, MAINLY UNIFORM OFFICERS WHO SERVE THERE FOR 18 MONTHS.

FORM A

BRANCH PATROL

THE DISTRICT COMMANDER DESCRIBED MORALE AS OUT THAT OFFICERS WORK IN A "CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT" AND, FOR EXAMPLE, GOOD, AND POINTED DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CLIMATIC CHANGES AS DO THEIR COLLEAGUES THE SURFACE.

ON

"THE REASON WE KEEP THE LENGTH OF TOUR TO 18 OFFICERS NEED TO GET EXPERIENCE IN THE BROADER SPHERE

MONTHS IS THAT THERE'S A DEGREE OF SPECIALISATION IN THE MTR DISTRICT, BUT WE DO

OF THE FORCE. WANT OFFICERS TO BECOME RESTRICTED TO THIS FIELD."

NOT

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE DISTRICT DRAW POLICE TACTICAL UNIT. "THIS IS AN

ITS OFFICERS FROM ADVANTAGE BECAUSE HAVE HAD TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE IN CROWD CONTROL DUTIES.

THESE OFFICERS

MAJOR TWO MILLION

CROWD CONTROL FORMS AN IMPORTANT PART OF MTR WORK AT THE FESTIVAL, AND THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE TO COPE WITH AROUND PASSENGERS AT THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL NEXT MONTH.

PASSENGER THAT MUCH AT

LOOKING AHEAD, R. CLEMENTS SAID THE EVER GROWING NUMBERS, AND THE LARGER CROWDS AT PEAK TIMES, MAKE THE JOB HARDER, AND RESPONSE TIME CAN BE AFFECTED. HOWEVER, IT IS STILL PUT AN ACCEPTABLE 90 SECONDS.

PROVIDED SOME ARE SEVEN OF TECHNICAL

THE OPENING OF THE ISLAND LINE IN 1985 COMPLICATIONS IN POLICING, BECAUSE SOME OF THE STATIONS FLOORS DEEP, AND THE ANSWER LAY IN THE EFFECTIVE USE AIDS, SUCH AS CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION CAMERAS.

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