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SOME INTERDICTED OFFICERS AND THOSE SENTENCED IN THE HUTCHISON HOUSE DISCIPLINARY CASE, PASSED FOUR MAIN RESOLUTIONS: THE SEVENTEEN PREPARATORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS SHOULD BE ASKED TO REMAIN
IN OFFICE: THE JPOA ELECTIONS WOULD BE POSTPONED INDEFINITELY: ASSISTANCE WOULD BE GIVEN TO THOSE DISCIPLINED IN THE HUTCHISON HOUSE CASE: AND, A COURTESY CAMPAIGN (TANTAMOUNT TO A WITHDRAWAL OF LABOUR) WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED TOWARDS HAWKERS AND MINOR TRAFFIC OFFENDERS.
4. HOWEVER, THE FOLLOWING DAY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
SUMMONED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TOGETHER WITH TWO OF THE RESIGNED MEMBERS, AFTER AN INITIALLY UNCO-OPERATIVE
MEETING IT WAS AGREED THAT THE SEVENTEEN WHO HAD RESIGNED WOULD RESUME THEIR POSITIONS AND THAT THE JPOA ELECTIONS WOULD PROCEED AS SCHEDULED. IT WAS FURTHER AGREED THAT SERGEANT SHUM WOULD BE ALLOWED TO ASSIST ADMINISTRATIVELY IN THE OFFICE OF THE JPOA BUT ONLY UNTIL 30 APRIL AND NOT AS A PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER. A FURTHER ATTEMPT BY SOME JPOA REPRESENTATIVES TO DELAY THE ELECTIONS MET WITH STRONG RESISTANCE FROM THE OTHER POLICE OFFICERS
ASSOCIATIONS AND WERE ABANDONED. THE THREAT TO WITHDRAW LABOUR WAS NEVER IMPLEMENTED. THE FIRST ROUND OF ELECTIONS ARE NOW DUE TO BE HELD BETWEEN 17TH AND 21ST FEBRUARY.
ASSESSMENT.
5. WE BELIEVE THAT MEMBERS OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE BECAME
INCREASINGLY ALARMED ABOUT THE EFFECT OF THE JPOA ELECTIONS ON
HALF THE MEMBERS ARE THEIR PERSONAL POWER AND POSITION.
BECAUSE OF THE WAY
INTERDICTED AND CANNOT STAND FOR ELECTION. THE ELECTIONS ARE STRUCTURED, NOT EVEN ALL OF THE REMAINDER CAN SURVIVE THROUGH TO THE NEW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. CONSEQUENTLY THEY DELIBERATELY EXAGGERATED GRIEVANCES OVER THE DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AND THE ATTITUDE OF POLICE HEADQUARTERS TOWARDS THE JPOA IN ORDER TO BOOST THEIR OWN PRESTIGE AND WOULD, IF
ALTHOUGH THEY SEEM TO POSSIBLE, HAVE DELAYED THE ELECTIONS, HAVE FAILED IN THE LATTER ATTEMPT, THEIR ABILITY TO REKINDLE
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