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SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 1990

THE DEVELOPMENT OF FIREARMS TRAINING PROGRAMMES HAS CENTRED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW POLICE HEADQUARTERS BUILDINGS

THE NEW EAST REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS AT TAI PO, THE COMING

AND WEST KOWLOON REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS AND THE SOON TO BE COMPLETED POLICE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IN ARSENAL STREET, WAN CHAI.

ALL THE NEW RANGES WILL BE INDOORS, THEREBY CUTTING DOWN ON TIME WASTED THROUGH BAD WEATHER. THE COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT WILL ALSO ALLOW MORE TIME TO BE SPENT ON THEORETICAL WORK DURING TRAINING. TRAVELLING TIME WILL BE REDUCED.

THE NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDINGS WILL HAVE AN INDOOR CONVENTIONAL RANGE AND MINI-RANGES WHICH WILL ALLOW REALISTIC SHOOTING SCENARIOS TO BE ENACTED BASED ON ACTUAL INCIDENTS IN HONG KONG AND OVERSEAS.

AT OUTDOOR RANGES

SMUGGLERS' RIDGE AND MOUNT BUTLER

WILL

CONTINUE TO BE USED.

THE RANGE AT MOUNT BUTLER HAS BEEN IMPROVED WITH A PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM, A PARTITIONED AREA FOR BRIEFING AND A VENTILATION SYSTEM.

"THE CONVENTIONAL RANGES WILL ALLOW MORE COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS WITH IMPROVED TRAINING METHODS BEING USED BY BETTER QUALIFIED STAFF," MR CHAN SAID.

"ON THE MINI-RANGES TRAINEES WILL SITUATIONS IN DECIDING WHETHER TO DRAW THEIR USE THEM.

T

RESPOND TO REAL LIFE REVOLVERS AND WHEN TO

TRAINING TRAINEES AT POLICE

SCHOOL WILL ALSO BENEFIT FROM MINI- IMPROVEMENTS BEING INTRODUCED THERE IN WEAPONS TRAINING THROUGH RANGES AND A VIDEO TRAINING SIMULATOR DUE TO BE COMPLETED SOON.

"TEN YEARS AGO WE HAD NO PROFESSIONALLY QUALIFIED WEAPONS

THE FORCE TRAINING INSTRUCTORS IN

AND THERE WAS TRAINING PROGRAMME," MR CHAN ADDED.

CADRE "WE NOW HAVE A SPECIALLY TRAINED STANDARDISED PROCEDURES FORCE-WIDE AS A RESULT WEAPONS. TRAINING A PRIORITY ISSUE."

NO

CO-ORDINATED

OF INSTRUCTING USING OF THE FORCE MAKING

FOR USE

POSTS TRAINING

ON

WILL

ALLOW FOR THE COURSES AND THE THREE MINI-RANGES.

TWO NEWLY CREATED CHIEF INSPECTOR

OF REVOLVER FORCE-WIDE SUPERVISION

OF VIDEO SCENARIOS PRODUCTION INSPECTORS OR SENIOR INSPECTORS WILL ACT AS FIREARMS INSTRUCTORS' SUPERVISORS, ASSISTED BY

SERGEANTS AND 29 ADDITIONAL SERGEANT INSTRUCTORS.

TWO STATION

"THIS IS ABOUT A HUNDRED PER CENT EXPANSION IN OUR PRESENT ESTABLISHMENT, MR CHAN SAID.

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