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The Psychological Services Group held workshops on ‘Decoding Social Unrest for Tideriders’ for frontline officers.
The Force puts great efforts into recruiting high-calibre candidates and providing staff members with suitable development opportunities. The aim is to ensure that all staff members are capable of advancing the Force’s strategic directions and carrying out their duties in the most professional manner possible. Force members are also encouraged to participate in voluntary activities and social responsibility initiatives in their spare time.
In order to attract high-calibre applicants, the Force has been striving to connect with and integrate into different sectors of society. Two video series, namely ‘It’s Never Too Late’ and ‘Diverse Backgrounds, Same Vision’, were produced to allow candidates to know more about the selection process and the wide variety of job opportunities available.
The Force also seeks to strengthen its connection with Hong Kong students who are studying at or have graduated from Mainland or overseas tertiary institutions. Through the Police Mentorship Programme Outreach, a Winter Job Attachment Programme was organised for the first time in addition to the existing Summer Job Attachment Programme. Mentees under the Programmes had the chance to experience police work and interact with officers, raising their interest in joining the Force in the future.
To address manpower needs in the short run and over the longer term, the Force actively embarked on an in-depth feasibility study on a new policy known as the ‘Continued Service of Police Officers Beyond Prescribed Retirement Age (CSPO) Scheme’ in early 2020. The CSPO scheme aims to retain around 12,000 non-directorate officers who joined the Government before June 1, 2000, for five years beyond their retirement age of 55. A proposal on the scheme was submitted for approval in July.
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Two recruitment video series were produced, entitled ‘It’s Never Too Late’ and ‘Diverse Backgrounds, Same Vision’.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), Siu Chak-yee (fifth right), shared his experience with Job Attachment Programme mentees.
The Personnel Wing held briefings on the ‘Continued Service of Police Officers Beyond Prescribed Retirement Age Scheme’.
The Force is dedicated to offering comprehensive and effective support to staff members in carrying out their jobs. A wide range of recurrent support measures are in place, and in 2020 the Force also allocated extra resources to frontline officers in the aftermath of Operation TIDERIDER.
Starting from April, the Psychological Services Group held a series of workshops called ‘Decoding Social Unrest for Tideriders’. The workshops were aimed at helping frontline officers to manage emotions triggered by the operation and the social movement, make sense of divisions in interpersonal relationships, identify the meaning of being a police officer during that difficult time and understand the psychology of protesters. By February 2021, a total of 44 one-day workshops is expected to be completed for more than 5,700 officers.
The Welfare Services Group (WSG) implements a ‘WeCare’ project that offers care and support to officers who have experienced serious illness or injury. It ran two workshops jointly with a non-governmental organisation in August and October to support officers who were injured while on duty. In December, trainers and trainees of the Police College attended a video-conferencing health talk on ‘Understanding Rhabdomyolysis’.
The WSG also carries out the Neighbourhood Volunteer Scheme to care for the needy. Scheme members donated diapers and masks to residents of homes for the elderly in May and December to convey the Force’s concerns for elderly people during the pandemic.
To facilitate influenza vaccinations for officers, arrangements were made for a medical institution to provide vaccines at various police premises, including the Police Headquarters, regional headquarters and divisional police stations. More than 4,900 officers received vaccines over 31 sessions held under the group vaccination service.
Guest speakers of ‘Decoding Social Unrest for Tideriders’ workshops told participating officers about their own experiences.
Many frontline officers attended the ‘Decoding Social Unrest for Tideriders’ workshops.
Trainers and trainees attended a video-conferencing health talk on ‘Understanding Rhabdomyolysis’ held by the Welfare Services Group.
With regard to community work, the Hong Kong Police Volunteer Services Corps serves the society through 34 volunteer teams. The Corps once again received the Gold Award for Volunteer Service from the Social Welfare Department for the teams’ outstanding contributions, with individual, group and family volunteers winning a total of 102 gold, 110 silver and 197 bronze awards.
Many members of the Force also participate in charity events in their spare time, including the Hong Kong Law Enforcement Torch Run for the Special Olympics and various activities of the Community Chest.
Blood donation events collected 209 units of blood, while eight officers registered to donate bone marrow. Collection efforts for the Salvation Army yielded 86,116 kg of clothing, toys, computers and electrical appliances, which would be resold, with the proceeds going to the needy.
As an operator of vocational and professional education and training, the Hong Kong Police College in January became the first government department to be awarded ‘Programme Area Accreditation’ status by the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications.
Systems for tech-driven learning programmes are developed in-house by making use of virtual and augmented realities to provide an immersive and interactive experience for trainees and create a flexible learning environment. These systems include a 3D virtual ‘Detective Boulevard’, a driving simulation system, and a Central Educational Repository system that provides online studies anytime and anywhere at the trainee’s own pace.
The Police College developed systems for tech-driven learning programmes to create a flexible learning environment for trainees.
To develop future leaders of the Force, the Police College forged an unprecedented collaboration with Tsinghua University on the Mainland to conduct a 2.5-year tailor-made part-time Executive Master of Public Administration Programme for selected Force members and officers from other local law enforcement agencies. The arrangement marks another milestone in the Force’s endeavour to anchor its premier standing in police training via partnership with one of the world's best universities.
The Police College signed a memorandum of understanding with Tsinghua University on the Mainland to conduct an Executive Master of Public Administration Programme.
The Force is dedicated to driving and promoting knowledge management (KM) to enhance organisational performance with an innovative approach. In particular, a five-year KM Strategic Plan 2020-2024 is under implementation by the Police College, which is using KM to share best practices in policing and address challenges ahead. In 2020, the Force again won the Hong Kong and Global Most Innovative Knowledge Enterprise (MIKE) Awards. It also has ‘Manpower Developer’ status as awarded by the Employees Retraining Board, and this was extended to 2023 in a reaffirmation of the Force’s commitment to, and success in, building organisational capacity with different comprehensive training and development programmes.
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