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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1991

VARIOUS POLICE MEASURES TO CURB CRIMES IN TSUEN/KWAI

THE POLICE ARE TAKING VARIOUS

WAN AND

KWAI ASPREY,

CRIME IN TSUEN SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR (WEDNESDAY).

CHUNG TOLD THE

ΤΟ MEASURES

COMBAT INCREASING THE DISTRICTS,

FOR SECRETARY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON THEY HAD STRENGTHENED POLICING AT ASPREY SAID STEPPED UP INVESTIGATION WORK.

LEE WING-TAT, MR STREET

AND LEVEL

OF THE DISTRICTS HE SAID POLICING IN THE STREETS BY OFFICERS

TACTICAL UNIT AND EMERGENCY WAS AUGMENTED BY PATROLS BY THE POLICE UNIT.

COMPANY

"IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, AN EXTRA POLICE TACTICAL UNIT

NEW TERRITORIES REGION то PROVIDE

OF 160 MEN WAS DEPLOYED TO THE ADDITIONAL COVERAGE," HE SAID.

HE STRESSED THAT

THE DISTRICT

COMMANDERS WERE

MAKING

EVERY

DEPLOYED WAS

TO

OPERATIONAL

EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT MAXIMUM MANPOWER DUTIES AND TO MAINTAIN POLICE PRESENCE ON THE GROUND.

THE POLICE TACTICAL UNIT AND EMERGENCY UNITS ARE KEPT STRENGTH, HE ADDED.

AT FULL

CRIME STATISTICS IN THE FIRST A COMPARISON OF TOTAL

SHOWED A QUARTERS OF THIS YEAR WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR,

AND 12.4 PER CENT IN OF 18.6 PER CENT IN TSUEN WAN DISTRICT CHUNG DISTRICT.

THE ESTABLISHMENT AND STRENGTH TSUEN WAN POLICE DISTRICT ARE 590 AND POLICE DISTRICT 522 AND 425 RESPECTIVELY.

THREE

RISE

KWAI

OF

DISCIPLINED STAFF IN

AND 515,

IN THE KWAI

THE CHUNG

VACANCIES ARE MOSTLY IN THE UNIFORMED GENERALLY AT FULL STRENGTH.

CID BRANCH,

UNITS ARE

OVERALL, THE POLICE AT PRESENT HAVE AN ESTABLISHMENT OF JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS WITH 23,329 OFFICERS IN POST.

HOW LOCAL

RESIDENTS

CAN

REGARDING

BR INFORMED CRIME SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT, MR ASPREY SAID THERE ARE CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION.

24,288

OF ESTABLISHED

THE

THESE

THE INCLUDED

DISTRICT

FIGHT BOARD, DISTRICT

CRIME ATTENDED BY POLICE COMMITTEE, AND AREA COMMITTEES; ALL OF WHICH ARE OFFICERS.

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY FROM THE POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER IN EACH DISTRICT, HE SAID.

ALSO OBTAIN

INFORMATION

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