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Written by: Wang Jieen
2020-04-07 23:18
Date of last update: 2020-04-07 23:25The Police Force plans to hire more than 2,500 people in the coming year. However, in response to questions from Members, the Security Bureau revealed that as of February 29 this year, during the 2019/20 period, there were only 766 new recruits in the police force, a year-on-year decrease of 40%.
During the anti-revision conflict (June last year to February this year), the police force recruited 136 trainee inspectors and 467 police officers. However, during the same period, 1,032 police officers resigned, of which 446 were "unpredictable resignations", an increase of 124 compared with the same period last year, or an increase of 38.5%.
In addition, compared with Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube and other platforms, the police attract the most "fans" on the Weibo page.
During the anti-registration campaign (from June last year to February this year), the police force recruited 136 trainee inspectors and 467 police officers, but 1,032 police officers left during the same period. (Profile picture / Photo by Zhang Haowei)
The number of new hires fell by 40% to only 766
The Security Bureau stated that as of February 29 this year, the number of new recruits for the police force was only 766, a year-on-year drop of 40%. There were 135 trainee inspectors and 630 police officers. Referring to the past two years, the number of newly recruited police officers was 1,341 and 1,593 respectively. In addition, the number of candidates for the police force also fell sharply, with only about 10,000 people in 2019/20, which also fell by nearly 40% year-on-year.
The Bureau also revealed that in 2020-21, the recruitment target of the police force is 225 trainee inspectors and 1,620 police officers.
More than 30% of police officers leave during the anti-revision movement
The Bureau also pointed out that during the three financial years from 2016/17 to 2018/19, an average of 1,238 police officers leave each year, of which about 63% are "predicted retirees"; the remaining 37% are "unpredicted resignations" For staff, the reasons for resignation include resignation during training, early retirement, family factors, personal reasons, transfer to other government departments, etc.
During the Anti-Regulatory Movement (June 2019 to February 2020), a total of 1,032 police officers resigned, of which 446 were "unpredicted resignations", and two of them were of the rank of superintendent or above, and 28 Inspector-level, compared with the same period last year, an increase of 124 people (38.5%).
During the Anti-Amendment Movement (June 2019 to February 2020), a total of 1,032 police officers resigned, of which 446 were "unpredictable resignations", an increase of 124 (38.5%) compared with the same period last year. (Profile picture / photo by Luo Junhao)
Employ 1,110 retired or about to retire
The Security Bureau revealed that during the anti-registration campaign (June 1 last year to February 29 this year), the Force adopted measures such as the "continue employment mechanism", "last extension of service" and "post-retirement service contract plan". 1,110 retired or retiring personnel were employed, including police officers and civilian personnel, with ranks ranging from police officers to deputy directors.
The Bureau also pointed out that the police force recruited 136 trainee inspectors and 467 police officers during the same period.
The police force changed to "loyal and courageous". It cost about 200,000 policemen to receive an average of 160,000 anti-fixing actions OT allowance.
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Forty percent of newly recruited police officers have qualifications for Yijin
According to the qualifications of newly recruited police officers, the Yijin Diploma accounted for the largest number in the three years. Of the newly recruited police officers in 2019/20, 282 had the qualifications of Yijin, accounting for four of the total number of the year. In addition, 15% hold a secondary school degree, and all newly-appointed trainee inspectors hold a university degree or above.
Weibo most attracts "fans"
The Security Bureau also stated that since October 8 last year, the Force has received more than 930,000 messages from the public through the "Anti-Violence Reporting Hotline".
In addition, the Security Bureau said that as of March 5 this year, since the launch of the "Hong Kong Police Weibo Page" in January 2019, it has published more than 300 posts and has attracted more than 390,000 "fans", Facebook, Instagram , Twitter, Youtube has the most fans.
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