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Public Order

3) The routine examination of handwriting and documents. The group also offers technical advice and testing to the Immigration Department in respect of the quality of Hong Kong Identity Cards. In 2014, this continued to be the most commonly forged document, followed by foreign and Mainland travel documents.

The Criminalistics and Quality Management Group provides a wide range of forensic testing services to the law enforcement agencies, such as laboratory analyses on trace evidence, impression evidence and DNA evidence. The group also provides a round-the-clock crime. scene examination and consultation service, which aims to lend expert assistance to the identification, retrieval and preservation of relevant scientific evidence materials for examination. Scenes requiring attendance range from relatively simple burglaries to complex homicides and rapes. There are officers specially trained for specialised investigations, such as ascertaining causes of fires, re-constructing traffic accidents, and interpreting bloodstain patterns where blood is shed.

Civil Aid Service

The Civil Aid Service (CAS) is a government auxiliary emergency service established under the Civil Aid Service Ordinance with 3,634 adult members, 3,232 cadets and 103 civil servants.

CAS members are trained to perform duties during various emergency situations such as typhoons, floods and landslides. In 2014, CAS members were mobilised for two rescue operations during typhoons, 105 mountain search and rescue operations, and 15 rural fire- fighting operations. The CAS was also put on emergency standby during the passage of Typhoon Kalmaegi in September.

In response to avian influenza A (H7N9) alerts in 2014, CAS members performed health surveillance duty at four boundary control points and assisted the Department of Health in managing the quarantine centre at Lady MacLehose Holiday Village.

The CAS endeavours to develop leadership potential and cultivate civic awareness among young people by recruiting those aged 12 to 17 into the CAS Cadet Corps. Besides participating in recreational activities, CAS cadets are given various types of training, including foot drill, basic emergency rescue, crowd management, first aid and rock climbing. In 2014, the CAS Cadet Corps recruited 66 non-Chinese speaking cadets and established two non-Chinese speaking platoons to promote social inclusiveness.

Websites

Commissioner on Interception of Communications and Surveillance: www.sciocs.gov.hk

Independent Commission Against Corruption: www.icac.org.hk Security Bureau: www.sb.gov.hk (links to Disciplined Services)

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