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Public Order

to police work, and offers advice and assistance on location filming. It publishes a fortnightly newspaper, OffBeat; the monthly Junior Police Call Newsletter; the quarterly Senior Police Call Newsletter and the annual Hong Kong Police Review.

Engaging the Community

The Junior Police Call (JPC) scheme and Police School Liaison Programme serve as bridges between the police and young people, while the Senior Police Call (SPC) scheme promotes crime prevention, crime fighting and road safety messages among the elderly. Police Community Liaison Assistants are recruited to build long-term relationships with the non- ethnic-Chinese community.

JPC@Pat Heung, set up by the PPRB, serves JPC and SPC members, students, youth organisations and non-ethnic-Chinese residents. It promotes awareness of abiding by the law, instils positive values in the young and enhances their self-confidence and leadership skills through activities such as physical fitness training.

The police present Good Citizen Awards, which are sponsored by the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, to recognise residents' assistance in fighting crime.

Planning and Development

The police are implementing the New Generation Report Room project, launched in 2010, to provide greater privacy for the public in making reports and to enhance security. In 2019, New Generation Report Rooms at North Point Police Station and Mong Kok Police Station were commissioned. The new Kowloon East Regional Headquarters and Operational Base cum Ngau Tau Kok Divisional Police Station, as well as police facilities at the Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point, are scheduled for commissioning in 2020.

Information and Communications Technology

The police promote 'smart policing' through exploring and developing innovative technology to address policing needs in the digital age, so as to provide effective policing services and strengthen digital capabilities for criminal investigation. Mobile applications are developed to enhance operational efficiency.

Training

The Police College is committed to developing trainees at different levels with the correct mindset, knowledge and skills to discharge their duties in order to serve Hong Kong with honour, duty and loyalty.

It forged an unprecedented collaboration with the University of Cambridge in 2017 to run a Master of Studies in Applied Criminology and Police Management. The first cohort completed their studies in July 2019 with eight police officers graduating with distinction.

During the year, the Police College also reached new heights in vocational and professional educational training (VPET) by becoming the first VPET operator and government department to attain Programme Area Accreditation status at Qualifications Framework (QF) level 5, the highest level granted by the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational

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