109. Later in the year these periods were shortened to two weeks and six weeks respectively in order to get more students through the courses. The training programme has been intensified to cover the syllabus effectively and so far the results have been satisfactory.
110. Four Cadre courses and four Company courses were held, attended by 42 Inspectors, 185 NCOs and 653 Constables.
111. Two Company Commanders' Courses were held for twelve newly appointed Assistant Superintendents.
112. A special selection course for promotion from the Rank and File to Inspector was also held. Of the 14 candidates attending, seven passed successfully.
113. The Auxiliary Police Emergency Units held their annual weekend camps in November 1963 and the Hong Kong Island Auxiliary Police Emergency Unit held its annual training week in February 1964. Special emphasis was given to platoon and company riot drill and tactics.
PART IV
CRIME AND THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
DEPARTMENT
THE STATE OF CRIME
114. Reports handled by the Police totalled 453,759 which exceeds last year's figure by 34,425. The following table shows a breakdown of these reports with comparative figures for the previous four years.
Serious Crime
1959-60
17,433
1960-61
14,465
1961-62
1962-63
1963-64
14,852
14,660
14,245
Offences Punishable by
Deportation
230
Minor Narcotics Offences
12,539
Miscellaneous Offences
165,371
152 17,887 81,891
79 16,038
81,757
98
16,081 143,596
96
19,914
202,481
Reports Disclosing No
Offence
Total
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211,222 239,277 238,179 244,899 217,023
406,795
115. The number of reports per 100,000 of the population was 12,456 i.e. 12 reports per 100 persons. The table below analyses crime over the past five years on this basis:
353,672 350,905 419,334 453,759
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