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SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1989

THAT THEIR HE TOLD THE PART-TIME OFFICERS LINE WITH THAT TAUGHT TO THEIR REGULAR COUNTERPARTS AND POLICE PROCEDURES.

C

TRAINING WAS IN AND COVERED LAW

REQUIRED TO "UPON POSTING TO YOUR NEW FORMATIONS, YOU WILL BE

MR GOULDSMITH SAID, ADDING THAT PERFORM A PERIOD OF SUPERVISED DUTY,' THEIR

BE EXPANDED THROUGH JOB-RELATED TRAINING KNOWLEDGE WOULD

PROGRAMMES.

THE AUXILIARY POLICE POINTING OUT THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF

THERE WERE SOME 700 HAD EXCEEDED 5,700 MEN AND WOMEN, HE SAID THAT

BE SEEN OFFICERS REPORTING FOR DUTY EVERY DAY AND THE MAJORITY COULD

LAW AND ORDER, AND IN PATROLLING THE STREETS, HELPING TO MAINTAIN RECENT MONTHS, ASSISTING AT VIETNAMESE DETENTION CENTRES.

PAYING TRIBUTE TO GOULDSMITH

THEIR PUBLIC

THE

FOR OFFICERS

SPIRITED THEIR ATTITUDE, MR

ALSO THANKED THEIR EMPLOYERS FOR

AVAILABLE FOR CO-OPERATION, WITHOUT WHICH MANY OF THEM WOULD NOT BE DUTY WHEN REQUIRED.

ON PARADE

TODAY

WERE

219 AUXILIARY

CONSTABLES AND 18

INSPECTORS WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED THEIR TRAINING COURSES.

LOWER SHOP THEFT FIGURE FOR 1988

THE 1988 FIGURE FOR SHOP THEFT WAS THE LOWEST SINCE 1985,

THE DEPUTY ACCORDING TO

DIRECTOR OF

MR POLICE, SUPPORT,

BRIAN

GOULDSMITH.

SPEAKING AT THE ANTI-SHOP THEFT LUCKY DRAW AND COLOURING CONTEST PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT THE POLICE SPORTS AND

GOULDSMITH SAID: RECREATION CLUB TODAY (SATURDAY), MR

"NOW THAT A TREND CONTINUES DOWNWARD TREND HAS BEEN SET, WE MUST ENSURE THAT THE AND TO THIS END THE ANTI-SHOP THEFT PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN WILL GO ON.

"I HOPE THE COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE US THE SUPPORT HELP US IN OUR EFFORTS TO REDUCE THIS CRIME."

OFFENCES

AND

WAS

IN 1988, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REPORTED SHOP THEFT 5.

611 A DECREASE OF SOME 20.7 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE FIGURES IN 1987.

+

DUE TO THE

SIGNIFICANT

DROP "THE FALL WAS LARGELY NUMBER OF JUVENILES PROSECUTED FOR THE OFFENCE, DECREASING FROM IN 1987 TO 2,274 IN 1988," MR GOULDSMITH SAID.

IN

THE 3,318

PUBLIC

RETAIL

JOINING ALSO

MR GOULDSMITH TO OFFICIATE AT THE FUNCTION INCLUDED MR LAU CHUN-SING, ACTING CHIEF STAFF OFFICER, POLICE RELATIONS BRANCH; AND MR JEREMY KIDNER, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION.

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