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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1992

POLICE CONDUCT MANAGEMENT REVIEW

* * * * *

(MONDAY)

SIGNED

A

LYBRAND MANAGEMENT STEP IN THE FORCE'S AND COMMAND MANAGEMENT

THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE TODAY WITH MESSRS COOPERS AND CONSULTANCY AGREEMENT CONSULTANTS LTD, MARKING A FURTHER SIGNIFICANT MAJOR REVIEW

AND ESTABLISHMENT ITS

STRUCTURE.

OF

MR KEITH THE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED, AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS, BY

AND MR ROBERT A LOMAS, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE (MANAGEMENT), COCHRANE, DIRECTOR (MANAGING) OF COOPERS AND LYBRAND.

MANY

THE OF

WITHIN THE FORCE (THE EARLY 19809

UNIFORM BRANCH

DEVELOPMENTS MR LOMAS POINTED TO THE

LATE 1970s AND SINCE THE MAJOR REVIEWS

OF REVIEW

THE 1977, ESTABLISHMENT UNIFORM BRANCH DEVELOPMENT REVIEW OF 1981 AND THE CRIMINAL REVIEW OF 1981).

INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT

DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE FORCE HAVE INCLUDED EXPANSION OF THE MARINE POLICE FLEET,

NEW

TERRITORIES

REGIONS AND

ESTABLISHMENT

OF

MODERNISATION AND RESTRUCTURING OF KOWLOON AND THE FIELD PATROL

: DETACHMENT.

AND REVIEWS

INSPECTIONS OF POLICE MANAGEMENT

PRACTICE BENEFITS

SPECIFIC BUT FROM

MR LOMAS STRESSED THAT FORMATIONS ARE A REGULAR FEATURE OF THAT THE FORCE, AS WITH ANY LARGE ORGANISATION, PERIODIC OVERALL REVIEW.

IN

"WE BELIEVE THAT NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME TO EXAMINE THE FORCE

DETERMINE THE MANNING DEPTH AND TO

LEVELS AND COMMAND/MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE THAT WILL PLACE THE FORCE ON A SOUND AND TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, ADDING THAT THIS WILL BE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE AND ORDER IN HONG KONG.

STEERING

"

REALISTIC FOOTING

MR LOMAS SAID, MAINTENANCE OF LAW

COMMITTEE CHAIRED GROUP CHAIRED BY ESTABLISHMENTS IS BY MR

THE REVIEW IS BEING DIRECTED BY A BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY AND A REVIEW WORKING MR LOMAS. THE BULK OF THE STUDIES INTO FORMATION BEING CONDUCTED BY TEAMS OF EXPERIENCED POLICE OFFICERS HEADED JIM MAIN, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF POLICE.

EXAMINATIONS OF MANNING THE STUDIES COMMENCED IN MAY AND JUNE.

UNIT LEVELS FOR REGIONS, DISTRICTS AND DIVISIONS, THE POLICE TACTICAL

ARE NOW AND FRONTIER PATROL DETACHMENT, MARINE REGION AND CRIME WING

80 PER CENT OF IN PROGRESS. THESE FORMATIONS ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN FORCE ESTABLISHMENT.

IT IS HOPED THAT THE EXAMINATION OF CAN BE COMPLETED BY MARCH 1993.

THE REMAINING FORMATIONS

ONE AREA OF

TRAFFIC HEADQUARTERS

AND

ESTABLISHMENT REVIEW,

STUDY BY MESSRS ITS OWN REVIEW THERE

REGIONAL TRAFFIC FORMATIONS, HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR COOPERS AND LYBRAND ENABLING THE FORCE TO COMPARE METHODOLOGY WITH THAT EMPLOYED BY THE CONSULTANTS AND TO SEE IF ARE NEW LESSONS TO BE LEARNT.

/THE CONSULTANCY

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