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Public Order

Engaging the Community

Members of the public learned about police policies and operational priorities through Police Community Relations Officers. The Junior Police Call scheme and the Police School Liaison Programme served as bridges between the police and young people, while the Senior Police Call scheme promoted crime prevention, fight crime and road safety messages among the elderly.

Police districts continued to organise various programmes to engage the non-ethnic-Chinese community, including Project Gemstone and Project Himalaya in Yau Tsim and Yuen Long, to raise their interest in joining the Police Force. Police Community Liaison Assistants in 14 police districts help form long-term relationships between the police and members of this community.

In 2015, 80 people received awards under the police's Good Citizen Award scheme sponsored by the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, to recognise their assistance to the police in fighting crime.

Planning and Development

To facilitate the construction of the Shatin to Central Link, the Police Officers' Club at Hung Hing Road, Causeway Bay, was handed over to the Highways Department in August for demolition and is anticipated to be reinstated in situ by the end of 2020. The Kowloon Police Vehicle Pound and Examination Centre was relocated from Ho Man Tin to Kowloon Bay in October, while the Yau Ma Tei Divisional Police Station will be relocated to Yau Cheung Road in 2016.

Information and Communication Technology

During the year, the police extended radio coverage of a Third Generation Command and Control Communications System across all Mass Transit Railway lines. It also rolled out the initial phase of a Case Management and Investigation System in November to enhance case management and investigation and further improve information security.

Training

The Hong Kong Police College collaborated with The Chinese University of Hong Kong to launch Emotional Fitness Training for all ranks of police officers, helping them develop positive thinking and strengthen emotional resilience. The project won the Gold Prize in the Internal Service Team category of the Civil Service Outstanding Service Award Scheme 2015.

In November, the International Accreditation Panel recommended that the college's Detective Training Programme be approved by the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications for accreditation under the Hong Kong Qualifications Framework (QF). Subject to the final approval of the council, the college could award inspectorate graduates of the Standard Criminal Investigation Course with Professional Certificates at QF Level 5 (equivalent to a bachelor's degree), and sergeants and constables with Professional Certificates at QF Level 4 (equivalent to an associate degree or a higher diploma); upon completion of the required workplace learning, they will be further awarded Advanced Diplomas at QF Levels 5 and 4 respectively.

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