'A' Department (Operations & Support)
Operations Wing
Consists of three sections:
Operations Bureau
Comprises the Operations Division, the Counter-Terrorism and Internal Security Division, the Key Points and Search Division (which includes the Police Dog Unit) and Police Public Engagement Office. It deals mainly with the staffing of operational matters which include the formulation and dissemination of relevant Force orders, boundary security, deployment of resources and liaison with the Hong Kong garrison.
Police Tactical Unit
Includes Training, Administration and the Special Duties Unit. Among other things, it reviews regularly tactics used in crowd management and riot control.
Special Duties Unit
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Bureau
Is responsible for all bomb disposal work both on land and underwater. It also trains officers on explosives related matters and inspects storage of ammunition and explosives.
Police Regions
The Force is divided into six regions:
Hong Kong Island,
Kowloon West,
Kowloon East,
New Territories North,
New Territories South, and
Marine.The regions are divided into 23 districts and divisions and in a few cases, sub-divisions. Regional police provide front-line policing 24 hours a day. They are responsible for the traditional constabulary functions of preserving life and property; preventing and detecting crime; keeping the peace; and responding in times of emergency.
Land Regions
Each of the five land regions has a headquarters comprising:
Operations Formation responsible for dealing with operational problems and procedures at Regional level. It is broken down into:
Regional Command and Control Centre (RCCC) - provides the means for exercising control over resources both at regional and district levels. It also acts as an information centre for the passage of information to the Headquarters CCC and other agencies. Equipped with the Enhanced Computer Assisted Command and Control System, each Centre receives 999 calls from the public and provides a fast and efficient service to operational officers.
Emergency Unit (EU) - provides a quick response to emergency situations, including 999 calls, as well as a speedy and additional presence of uniformed police on the ground to combat crime. An EU comprises a headquarters element and four platoons which operate on a three-shift basis.
Police Tactical Unit (PTU) - The Regional PTU Company provides a ready reserve to deal with threats to internal security situations and natural disasters. On a daily, non-emergency basis, the PTU is deployed on front-line street patrols to supplement District resources to tackle identified crime black spots.
Administration Formation implements policies laid down by the Regional Commander and is responsible for the Region's general administration. Its responsibilities include community relations, staff relations, and magistracies.
Crime Formation investigates serious and inter-district crimes. In addition, it collects, collates and evaluates intelligence on criminals and criminal activity within the Region.
Traffic Formation is responsible for:
- traffic control;
- enforcement of traffic legislation and regulations;
- investigation of traffic accidents;
- promotion of road safety; and
- implementing Force and Regional traffic policies.
Marine Region
The Marine Police maintain the integrity of the sea boundaries and regional waters of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). It is responsible for:
- enforcing the law in regional waters;
- preventing illegal immigration by sea;
- search and rescue in HKSAR and adjacent waters; and
- casualty evacuation.
The Marine Region comprises a Regional Headquarters and two sea Districts. With a fleet of 142 craft - 70 launches and 72 vessels, the Region polices 1,651 square kilometres (sq kms) of Hong Kong waters and some 262 outlying islands. The Region comprises:
Operations Formation is responsible for all operational matters at Regional level, including:
- Regional Crime Units investigating crimes and syndicated illegal immigration by sea;
- RCCC;
- Logistics Unit;
- Small Boat Division.
Administration Formation is responsible for general administration; personnel and establishment matters.
Support Formation is responsible for:
- management of the launch acquisition programmes;
- training and assessment of Marine police personnel in navigation, seamanship, engineering and safety; and
- selection and acquisition of specialist equipment.
- core property strategy in Marine Region
Support Wing
Consists of three groups:
Support Branch
Support Branch is divided into six divisions:
Field Division - is responsible for coordinating and formulating Force policies and provisions relating to operational support, which includes use of force, arms and ammunition related policies; research and procurement of uniform, accoutrements and equipment; liaison and coordination with other Government bureaux/departments on different policy areas and providing police assistance at appropriate levels. The Division also handles routine correspondence and enquiries from other Government bureaux/departments and statutory bodies, such as the Legislative Council Secretariat.
General Division - is responsible for co-coordinating and formulating policies relating to arrest, station and branch routine, summonses and prosecution, police notebooks, property, funerals, delegation of authority, hire of police, bail, management of safes and other miscellaneous frontline operations. It also handles civil litigation against the Commissioner of Police, oversees station security of police premises and supervises the operation of the telephone recording system for all police report rooms. The Division is also responsible for the security and management of the Police Headquarters complex. Externally, it liaises with other departments in formulating police arrangements for public events such as elections and Yu Lan Rice Distribution.
Occupational Safety and Health Division - is responsible for the formulation and coordination of Force occupational safety and health policy. The Division manages the Force Safety Management System (FSMS) and promotes workplace safety awareness in the Force.
Police Licensing Office - acts as the licensing authority for a number of licences and permits, including Security Personnel Permits, Arms Licences, Temporary Liquor Licences and Societies Registrations etc., as well as coordination of policy matters relating to public order events.
Transport Division - is responsible for managing the police vehicle fleet. This encompasses vehicle procurement, maintenance and the allocation of vehicles throughout the Force. Together with Police Driving and Traffic Training Division it also has responsibilities for maintaining police driving standards and driver discipline and administers civil claims against the Commissioner of Police arising from traffic accidents involving police vehicles.
Force Data and Access to Information Co-ordination Unit - is responsible for devising internal policy on and ensuring compliance with, the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, Code on Access to Information, Sex Discrimination Ordinance, Disability Discrimination Ordinance, Family Status Discrimination Ordinance and Race Discrimination Ordinance and coordinates Force response to such matters.
Police Public Relations Branch
is responsible for maintaining a high level of public confidence by robustly projecting a positive image of the Force through community and media relations. It is divided into two branches:
Community Relations Bureau
The Information and Publicity Bureau
Traffic Branch Headquarters
is responsible for the formulation and dissemination of traffic enforcement policies, the collation of related resource requirements, the processing of traffic summons and fixed penalty tickets, the monitoring of changes in traffic legislation, the development and evaluation of traffic management schemes, and the co-ordination of the Force's road safety efforts. It is also responsible for the administration of the Traffic Warden Corps, who assist the Police in the control of traffic and enforcement of parking offences. It comprises:
Traffic Management Bureau
Central Traffic Prosecutions Bureau
Administration Bureau
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