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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Identity checks on suspects by police

1. Mr. CHEUNG asked (in Cantonese).:

Will Government inform this Council how many suspects on the average are intercepted by policemen carrying out patrol duty in public places every day, and how many staff and computers in the police force are at present deployed to deal especially with enquiries made over radio telecommunication sets by patrolling policemen about information on the suspects intercepted?

SECRETARY FOR SECURITY:

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During the twelve months 1 November 1986 to 31 October 1987 an average of 5,700 persons each day were intercepted by police officers in public places and checked through the Police Operational Nominal Index Computer System (PONICS) During the same period patrolling police officers also checked an average of dentity Cards each day through the Immigration Department's Identity Card Information System

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RONICS the police central data base. Using beat radios patrolling police officers have access to it at all

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Regional frommand Sgutral Some 122 police staff are deployed in the R¤¤¤ and in the Criminal Records Bureau to deal with enquiries made by patrolling police officers to computer data bases,

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