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[ Management Services ]
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The Force places great emphasis on the recruitment of high calibre candidates and staff development. The aim is to ensure that all staff members are capable of advancing the Force's strategic direction and carrying out their duties in the most professional manner. The Force cares for the community, its employees and their family members. Force members are encouraged to participate in voluntary activities to promote social responsibility in their leisure time.
The Force's comprehensive human resources strategy along with its robust human resources systems promote staff competencies on an equal opportunity basis and provide structured career paths for junior inspectors and constables.
In 2018, the Force undertook a number of recruitment initiatives among young people, including the Police Mentorship Programme and the Auxiliary Undergraduate Scheme for undergraduates, Project GROWTH for secondary school students, and the newly launched Project ACHIEVE for post-secondary school students. Apart from participating in the Education and Careers Expo, recruitment seminars and recruitment days were held throughout the year. The Force also extended its recruitment initiatives to ethnic minorities, overseas students and youth uniformed groups. Various social media platforms were also effectively used to disseminate recruitment messages.
In addition, due to the challenges of an ageing population, shrinking labour force and an expected high number of retirees in the coming 10 years, the Force implemented various measures to retain talent including the Final Extension of Service Scheme, the Further Employment Scheme, the Post-retirement Service Contract Scheme and the option to retire at 60 for those disciplined officers who joined the Government between June 1, 2000 and May 31, 2015.
Members of Project ACHIEVE visited Traffic Kowloon East.
Officers of Recruitment Division organised a career talk for Hong Kong students in Beijing.
The Personnel Wing proactively promotes a healthy and caring culture, both within and beyond the Force. The Force once again received the 10 Years Plus Caring Organisation Logo from the Hong Kong Council of Social Service and was awarded the 2017/18 Outstanding Family-Friendly Employment Practices award by the Family Council.
The Psychological Services Group (PSG) used the theme 'Engagement' in its five-year campaign to promote psychological wellness and continued its three-year campaign Decoding MH (mental health). These campaigns seek to help individuals build resilience through the use of character strengths. The aim is to enhance Force members' awareness of mental health issues and to give them the skills to support each other and to live a passionate life.
The WeCare Project implemented by the Welfare Services Group offers care and support to officers with serious illnesses or injuries. A database was set up to match recovered officers who are keen to share their experiences and medical information with officers with newly confirmed critical illnesses or injuries.
The Neighbourhood Volunteer Scheme continued to provide volunteer services both within the Force and in the community. Volunteers from the Police Married Quarters provided services for Police Family Sports Day, the Physical Fitness and Health Management Carnival, Games Day for Children of Small Group Home and day camp for low income families at the JPC@Pat Heung. All of these volunteer services were well received.
The Staff Relations Group continued to work closely with the four police staff associations, providing support to frontline officers and sharing their views on a number of issues relating to the conditions of service and welfare.
At the Decoding Mental Health Seminar held at the Police Headquarters on February 2, former Senior Assistant Commissioner, Dr Tang How-kong, was one of the guest speakers.
WeCare Project sharing session.
Organised by the Personnel Wing in conjunction with 49 Police sports and arts clubs, Physical Fitness and Health Management Carnival is a major annual event promoting health management strategy. It attracted a record high attendance of over 7,000 regular/auxiliary officers, civilian staff members and their families in 2018.
Organised by the Personnel Wing in conjunction with 49 Police sports and arts clubs, Physical Fitness and Health Management Carnival is a major annual event promoting health management strategy. It attracted a record high attendance of over 7,000 regular/auxiliary officers, civilian staff members and their families in 2018.
With regard to community work, the Hong Kong Police Volunteer Services Corps once again received the Gold Award for Volunteer Service (Organisations) and the Merit of Highest Service Hours Award (Public Organisations) from the Social Welfare Department for the outstanding contributions of its 33 volunteer teams. Individual, group and family volunteers were respectively presented with 222 gold, 192 silver and 436 bronze awards in 2018.
The Force also furthered its commitment to supporting local outstanding athletes and to promoting sports through the Elite Athletes Strategic Engagement Scheme, appointing 43 Elite Athletes and 67 Police Facilitators.
Members of the Force participated in a series of charity events in their spare time, including the Hong Kong Law Enforcement Torch Run for the Special Olympics and the Po Leung Kuk Charity Walk.
In 2018, 536 officers registered as organ donors and 1,197 units of blood were collected at blood donation activities. A total of 133,126 kg of clothing, toys, computers and electrical appliances were collected for the Salvation Army, with re-sale proceeds going to the needy.
A total of 43 Elite Athletes and 67 Police Facilitators were appointed under the Elite Athletes Strategic Engagement Scheme during the year.
In November, the PSG organised a three-day symposium on Applying Psychology to Criminal Investigation. It brought the most up-to-date knowledge on criminal psychology and behavioural sciences to the Force, which helped enhance the psychological competencies of officers engaged in crime prevention and detection. The keynote speakers were renowned experts in the field of investigative psychology with practical experience on criminal cases. Over 500 Force members attended the symposium and they found the information inspiring and useful.
The Police College continues to leverage technologies to enhance training effectiveness. In 2018, the Detective Training Centre established a new Technology Crime Training Suite and launched an enhanced training module on common technological crimes. Two further self-developed mobile applications relating to physical fitness and Putonghua training were launched. With the support of various R&D institutions, a mesh WiFi network was established at Aberdeen Campus to facilitate the secure transmission of e-proforma for onsite practical assessment. Moreover, the Force's first advanced 3D 360-degree panoramic theatre, Studio ImmerXe, was being developed for use in various training.
In March, the Police College launched its first accredited Qualifications Framework (QF) Level-6 programme, namely the International Executive Development in Policing Programme, which is run collaboratively by the Police College and the Canadian Police College. In July and August, the police foundation training programmes were successfully re-accredited under QF Level 4 for Recruit Police Constables and Level 5 for Probationary Inspectors. The Force's achievements in professional accreditation are also reflected in the new articulation arrangements between the Police College and seven different reputable local and overseas universities and tertiary institutions. Moreover, riding on the success of the Detective Training Centre being named the winner of the Training Top 125 Award in 2017, the Probationary Inspector Training Division of the College was also awarded the Training Top 125 Award in 2018 by a US-based leading training magazine.
The International Executive Development in Policing Programme was accredited at Level 6 of the Hong Kong Qualifications Framework (equivalent to Master Degree level).
With a view to developing future leaders in the Force, the Police College has forged an unprecedented collaboration with the University of Cambridge to operate a two-year Master of Studies in Applied Criminology and Police Management Programme, with up to half of the teaching to be conducted in Hong Kong and the rest in Cambridge. In addition to officers from local law enforcement agencies, overseas police officers also indicated interest in joining this collaborative programme. It is expected that more than 20 supervised evidence-based policing research studies will be completed by the first cohort of graduates in mid-2019.
Both overseas and local officers conducted in-class debates during the Cambridge Police Executive Programme.
The Academic Director of the Master Programme in Knowledge Management and Leadership at Lappeenranta University of Technology in Finland, Professor Aino Kianto (right), found the Force outperforming other organisations in Knowledge Management in her global survey.
The Force is committed to effectively managing the wisdom, experience and knowledge it has accumulated over the years. In the Global Knowledge Management (KM) Benchmarking Survey published by Lappeenranta University of Technology in Finland in June, the Hong Kong Police Force scored 4.943 out of 5 (average score 3.599) in a field of 1,025 international organisations from six countries in different KM domains. Furthermore, the Force was named as the Top Winner in the first Hong Kong Most Innovative Knowledge Enterprise (MIKE) Award 2018 as well as the first Global MIKE Award 2018, affirming its status as a knowledge-powered and innovation-driven learning organisation.
The Police Band in co-operation with the Music for Our Youth Foundation launched the Music Vision Programme, which is designed to cultivate positive values and strengthen young people's relationships with the Police. With a view to enhancing new police recruits' understanding and appreciation of community needs and concerns, they took part in a wide range of community activities and volunteer services helping youth-in-need, the elderly and mentally incapacitated persons. These experiences help nurture their determination and commitment to serving and protecting Hong Kong.
Through the Music Vision Programme, the Police Band reached out to the youths through music exchange.
New recruits understand and appreciate more about the community needs and concerns through the participation in different community activities and voluntary services.
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