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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1992

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POLICE MANPOWER TO IMPROVE

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THE SHORTFALL OF JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS IS EXPECTED TO BE REDUCED FURTHER DURING THE COMING YEAR AS RECRUITMENT HAS PICKED UP SUBSTANTIALLY IN RECENT MONTHS AND IS NOW WELL IN EXCESS OF WASTAGE,

FOR SECRETARY

SECRURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, SAID

THE

(WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MRS RITA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ASPREY SAID THE CURRENT SHORTFALL POLICE OFFICERS IS ABOUT THREE PER CENT.

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IN THE JUNIOR

"THE FORCE REVIEWS REGULARLY ITS USE OF MANPOWER THAT ADEQUATE OFFICERS ARE DEPLOYED TO MAINTAIN A SUFFICIENT ON THE STREET AND ON ANTI-CRIME DUTIES, HE SAID.

THE

POLICE

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ΤΟ ENSURE PRESENCE

HAD RECENTLY INCREASED ITS PRESENCE ON THE STREETS, INCLUDING ANTI-CRIME PATROLS.

STOP-AND-SEARCH OPERATIONS AND ANTI-CRIME RAIDS AT BLACKSPOTS HAD ALSO BEEN STEPPED UP.

THE

THIS WAS ACHIEVED BY A NUMBER OF MEASURES, SUCH AS

UNIT AND REDEPLOYMENT OF TRAINING COMPANIES OF THE POLICE TACTICAL EXTENDING THE DEPLOYMENT OF NEW POLICE RECRUITS TO CONSTABULARY DUTIES DURING THEIR FINAL PART OF TRAINING.

AND

OTHER MEASURES INCLUDED THE ASSIGNMENT OF OFFICERS PREVIOUSLY ENGAGED IN INDOOR ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES TO PATROL DUTIES, INCREASED DEPLOYMENT OF AUXILIARY POLICEMEN.

MR ASPREY DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THE NEED TO ACHIEVE SAVINGS BY THE POLICE WOULD IN ANYWAY AGGRAVATE THE POLICE MANPOWER SITUATION.

HE

SAID THE ONLY REAL CONSTRAINT ON POLICE STRENGTH MOMENT AND THAT HAD BEEN THE CASE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS CONSTRAINT ON THE NUMBER OF NEW RECRUITS.

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"THERE IS NO INTENTION THAT WE SHOULD IN POLICE RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING IN THE COMING YEAR,"

ANYWAY HE SAID.

SUPPRESS

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PUBLICITY INTENDED FOR EARLY APPLICATION OF BN (0) PASSPORTS

THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO LAUNCH A PUBLICITY PROGRAMME IN THE

ΤΟ APPLY IN NEAR FUTURE TO REMIND BDTC PASSPORT HOLDERS OF THE NEED GOOD TIME IF THEY WANT BN (0) PASSPORTS.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE ERIC LI KA-CHEUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

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