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SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 1991

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MAJOR INCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND

DISASTER SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR POLICE FORCE

A SPECIALLY SELECTED GROUP OF NINE POLICE OFFICERS HAS RETURNED TO HONG KONG FROM AN INTENSIVE TRAINING COURSE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ON THE CENTRALISED COMPUTERISATION OF THE INVESTIGATION OF SERIOUS CRIMES.

THE FORCE IS NOW READYING FOR THE INTRODUCTION SOON OF THE NEW AT MAJOR INCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND DISASTER SUPPORT SYSTEM (MIIDSS) POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND HAS THE OFFICERS TO USE IT AND TRAIN OTHERS.

CRIME, ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT, IN THE

GROUP, SAID: "THE COURSE NOT ONLY

CRIME

THE STAFF OFFICER, ORGANISED AND SERIOUS BUT EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS.

MET

"AS AN INVESTIGATIVE TOOL, THE SYSTEM HAS NUMEROUS SEARCHING FUNCTIONS WHICH ENABLE A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION TO BE CROSS- INDEXED, TO PERSONS, VEHICLES, ADDRESSES AND OTHER DATA.

"IT PUTS TOGETHER IN MANAGEABLE FORMAT A WEALTH OF INFORMATION ON ANY NUMBER OF TOPICS AND INDICES.

"

MR RICHMOND SAID THE NEW SYSTEM COULD BE INTRODUCED WITH RESOURCES ALREADY AVAILABLE AT ARSENAL HOUSE.

"WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY, NOW WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE TRAINING OF OTHER OFFICERS WHO WILL USE IT. WE HAVE A MARVELLOUS

WHO FACILITY AT ARSENAL HOUSE WHICH IN THE VIEW OF ALL COURSE WILL ADEQUATELY FULFIL ALL REQUIREMENTS."

ATTENDED THE

BEEN SET A STEERING COMMITTEE AND VARIOUS WORKING GROUPS HAVE

OPERATING PROCEDURES AND TO PRODUCE RECOMMENDATIONS ON STANDARD TRAINING.

UP

OF HOME OFFICE

LARGE MAJOR ENQUIRY KONG OFFICERS AT

THE COURSE, ON THE USE SYSTEM (HOLMES), WAS HELD EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE HONG THAMES VALLEY POLICE TRAINING CENTRE, NEAR READING, SOUTH ENGLAND.

INVESTIGATION

FOR

IS AN EMPHASIS ON THE COMPUTERISED

SYSTEM

OF THE STANDARDISATION

DATA INPUT SQ THAT LARGE SCALE ENQUIRIES

HAVE

IN INVOLVING MORE THAN ONE POLICE FORCE CAN

ACCESS

INTERFORCE

CASES.

"TO ENABLE VARIOUS DATA BASES TO SPEAK TO MUST BE A HIGH DEGREE OF CONFORMITY OF DATA INPUT,

INVESTIGATIONS

SERIAL CRIMES OR

INVOLVING INDIVIDUALS AND LOCATIONS CAN BE EFFECTIVELY MANPOWER AND DUPLICATION OF EFFORT.

EACH OTHER, THERE MR RICHMOND SAID.

LARGE NUMBERS OF HANDLED, REDUCING

THE MIIDSS SYSTEM DEMONSTRATED HOW A LARGE SCALE VEHICLE SYNDICATE INVOLVING OVER A HUNDRED POTENTIAL SUSPECTS OPERATING LARGE AREA COULD BE QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY INVESTIGATED.

CRIME IN

A

/IT COULD