326 Public Order
The bureau continued its educational role through campaigns and seminars, its call-fax and webpage services, and the deployment of the Robotcop and the crime prevention bus. In 2005, 2.1 million advisory leaflets on crime prevention were distributed to the public and 120 interviews were given on crime trends and preventative measures.
The bureau opened a new security equipment display on the ninth floor at Arsenal House, Wan Chai, in August. Made with the support of the Hong Kong security industry, the display offers information to the general public on the products that are available to fulfil their security needs.
The bureau also dealt with 46 new applications for security company licences and made its annual inspection of 870 licensed security companies.
Forensic Firearms Examination
The Forensic Firearms Examination Bureau is responsible for the investigation of firearms-related crimes. The bureau is an American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors accredited laboratory. The accreditation serves as a professionally recognised standard of service quality and integrity.
Identification
The Identification Bureau plays a significant role in supporting crime investigations and prosecutions through the provision of professional fingerprint and photographic service and collection of DNA evidence from crime scenes.
During the year, the Scenes of Crime Officers responded to 11 129 crime cases for the recovery of fingerprint and DNA evidence, 88 per cent of which were attended to within 45 minutes. The examination work was supplemented by the Advanced Technology Section, which employed the latest laboratory techniques and instruments to gather fingerprint evidence on various exhibits, with notable success.
The fingerprints collected from exhibits and crime scenes were searched against the Computer Assisted Fingerprint Identification System (CAFIS) which automatically compared them with those on record. Coupled with other manual methods, 1 539 suspects in 1 301 cases were identified during the year. Funding was secured to procure a new system with both fingerprint and palmprint search capability which could not otherwise be achieved by the existing CAFIS. The bureau also maintained a cadre of fingerprint experts who provided expert testimony in court for 381 cases.
During the year, photographic officers attended 3 414 crime cases. The Photographic Section also provided other services such as video crime scene enactment, the printing of photographs from bank surveillance films and video tapes.
Liaison
The Liaison Bureau continued to function as a conduit between Hong Kong Police and other police agencies including the Mainland Public Security Bureaux, Macao Unitary Police Service, overseas police organisations and their local consulate officials. During the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Conference held in December, the
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