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(i) promoting peer and community support;

(ii)

providing stress management training;

(c)

(iii) providing sports and recreational facilities;

(iv) improved welfare services to family members of police officers, for example, Police Welfare Fund, Police Education Trust, Police Education and Welfare Trust;

(v)

special services for health-impaired officers, for example, special counselling, posting, retraining.

In addition, the Force Management has emphasised the importance of early identification of officers at risk so that professional counselling services could be offered by Police Clinical Psychologists to those officers and their family members at the earliest opportunity.

The daily number of cases handled by the two Police Clinical Psychologists fluctuate, depending on the nature and complexity of the cases involved. To better reflect their workload, it is more useful to provide the caseload figures and the consultation sessions for the past three years:

Cases

Total Consultation Sessions

1993

647

803

1994

722

840

1995

788

925

(d)

Naturally cases with a potential of suicide are accorded top priority in arranging counselling services. As a result, less urgent cases are delayed. In view of the increase in workload. the Police will be considering the need to increase the number of Police Clinical Psychologists.

The Force Management has confirmed that the counselling records are kept in strict confidence and will not be disclosed for any other purposes including promotion or career development.

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