PUBLIC ORDER
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The largest section of the Hong Kong Police is the Uniformed Branch, which has a strength of 5,301 officers and men. The branch is deployed in three territorial districts-Hong Kong Island, Kow- loon, and the New Territories-with an Assistant Commissioner in charge of each. Its two routine functions are to maintain patrols and man report rooms in all police stations. It also provides an emergency unit in each district, which is available at immediate notice to deal with any incident requiring more manpower than beat constables in the area can provide. The emergency units also carry out mobile patrols in radio-equipped cars and answer '999' calls. The branch mans police posts at the frontier, patrols outlying villages, deals with the special crowd-control-problems which occur at race meetings and football matches, controls and inspects licensed premises, supports the Hawker Control Force, and gives advice and assistance generally to the public. It is also trained to act if neces- sary as an internal security force.
The Special Branch is responsible for preventing and detecting subversive activities, and for supplying the intelligence necessary to maintain internal security.
The Marine Police were given additional men and craft to deal with the large influx of illegal immigrants which took place in 1962 and since that time it has become clear that operations will have to continue permanently on at least the present level if adequate precautions against illegal immigration by sea are to be maintained. The Marine Police have therefore now been reorganized as a fourth uniformed branch district, and at the end of the year had a uniformed strength of 1,024 all ranks. The number of illegal im- migrants who succeeded in entering the Colony in 1965 remained at a relatively low level.
The police have 506 radio stations and 15 radar installations. The radio networks are planned on a district and divisional basis, and include communications and mobile land units, marine craft, foot patrols and helicopters. Over 500 vehicles of all types are in use by the police force.
CRIME
During 1965 there was a marked increase-particularly in Kowloon -in reported crimes involving robbery, demanding with menaces
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