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Personnel and Training
Building a Caring Workforce
The Force fully recognises that a well-trained, professional, highly motivated and committed team of Police officers is necessary to deliver a quality service to the community and to meet the ever-increasing challenges that lie ahead.
In 2007, the Force pursued a number of initiatives to improve the welfare and conditions of service of its staff, including career development and job satisfaction initiatives, promoting a healthy lifestyle, and encouraging a caring culture within the Force through participation in various voluntary activities within the community. In recognition of its achievements and efforts in building a caring workforce, the Force won the Total Caring Award – Organisation 2006/07 organised by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, the first Government department to be presented with such an award.
Human Resources
With an improving economy and buoyant job market, the Force adopted pro-active recruitment strategies to attract candidates of the right calibre to join the Force. These included two large-scale recruitment days in the summer designed to appeal to matriculation and secondary school graduates. The Force continued to strengthen its partnerships with local universities through the Police Mentorship Programme and the Auxiliary Undergraduate Scheme to encourage graduates to pursue a career with the Police. On the management front, a number of projects were developed to improve the career development prospects and job satisfaction of officers.
With the Force facing a major policing commitment during the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Equestrian Events in 2008, the Personnel Information Communal System was upgraded to provide for the optimal use of human resources and to facilitate the effective deployment of officers assigned to key secondary duties.
In order to improve the professional knowledge of officers at all levels and to enhance the research and development capability of the Force, 142 junior Police officers, 94 inspectorate officers and 41 officers of superintendent rank and above attended various overseas and Mainland courses and training exchanges. In March, a Structured Career Path for Junior Inspectors was launched to ensure that junior inspectors acquire the fundamental knowledge and skills of general policing, operations and crime investigation during their formative years of service.
Welfare, Conditions of Service and Staff Relation
In August, the Commissioner of Police launched the Integrated Approach to Physical Fitness and Health Management at the Healthy Lifestyle Carnival. This new concept encourages officers to maintain a level of physical fitness and health commensurate with their police duties, by taking part in various activities organised by the Police sports and arts clubs.
The Force strengthened its working relationship with its counterparts from Macao and Guangdong during its annual Sports Exchange in October, which saw three days of intense and exciting competition in shooting, swimming, soccer, badminton and triathlon between various Hong Kong, Guangdong and Macao police officers.
Personnel Wing continued to encourage Force members to participate in voluntary services in their spare time and the Hong Kong Police Volunteer Services Corps participated in 177 volunteer activities during 2007. The Force organised another used clothing collection campaign during which a total of 58 180 kilogrammes of clothing was collected for needy persons and a total of $246,041 was raised for the Hong Kong Community Chest.
Caring for the health, lifestyle and accommodation of officers has always been a top priority. During 2007, Welfare Services Group personnel conducted 5 442 welfare-related interviews with officers in relation to health, family or work problems and paid 4 021 hospital and home visits to sick and injured officers. Since 2005, under the project Home Ownership Scheme Turned Disciplined Service Quarters, officers have occupied a total of 2 723 new home-ownership units, with the result that a similar number of quarters at eight ageing Police quarters sites could be returned to the Government for redevelopment. This project was completed in early 2007 and construction work for the new junior Police quarters, consisting of a total of 336 units at a site in Castle Peak, has begun.
Hong Kong Police College
Now in its second year of establishment, the Hong Kong Police College is committed to professionalising police training in Hong Kong. Since its establishment, recruit Police constables (RPCs) who have completed the RPC Foundation Training Course are awarded a Certificate in Law Enforcement and Security Management by the Open University of Hong Kong. In 2007, this accreditation arrangement was extended to the RPC Foundation Training Course provided by the former Police Training School.
International Training Awards
The in-house-developed electronic training system, Scenario-based Interactive Multimedia Simulation (SIMS), has won two international awards, including the first runner-up in the Communication and Collaboration category of Adobe MAX Awards 2007, and the Project of the Year in 2007 in the Soft Skills/Business Simulation category of the Training Technology in Action Awards organised by Training magazine. The SIMS enables trainees to receive training in decision-making, coordination and leadership in a virtual environment. While reducing training costs, SIMS can also significantly enhance training effectiveness.
Symposium on Police Studies
Featuring the theme of Police Studies and Practice of the New Century, the Symposium on Police Studies of the Strait cum Hong Kong and Macao was held at the Hong Kong Police Headquarters between October 29 and 30. The Hong Kong Police was honoured to assist in organising this important event for the Police Association of China. With more than a hundred delegates attending, the Symposium helped to enhance the standard of police studies and strengthen cooperation in the region.
Police Band
The Police Band, comprising a Silver Band and a Pipe Band, continued to play an important role in public and community relations programmes. In June, the Commissioner of Police presented a certificate to Mr Richard Tang, son of the late Sir Shiu Kin Tang, appointing him Honorary President of the Band.
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