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Written by: Zheng Qiuling, Kong Fanxu
2020-06-09 09:00
Last update date: 2020-06-09 09:00The storms that have been detonated since June last year have continued for a year, and have evolved from a political storm to a conflict between the police and the public. The use of force by the police has attracted much attention. According to news, the police introduced pepper bullet pistols from Swiss weapons manufacturers, which will be available to the main Athlon squad for demonstrations as soon as June. The scale of the demonstration is the largest in recent years. The police’s response strategy has also set a number of "precedents". In addition to the first launch of "water gun cars", "armored vehicles", and "flash bombs" to handle public activities and conflicts, there are also adjustments in police strength, including design "Action Call Sign", approving police officers to take off duty with batons, and citing the "Public Security Regulations" for the first time to recruit other disciplinary forces to serve as "special mission police".
Civil rights watch member Shen Weinan said that the police force lacks transparency and excessive use of force, and the government and police force management have not dealt with it in a timely manner. Zheng Chenglong, a former member of the Supervisory Commission, believes that even if the police force changes its face, it will need to increase transparency to restore public confidence in the long run.
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Add new medium and short-range weapons research and introduce electric guns and net guns
It is understood that during the series of conflicts last year, the police management has been introducing weapons suitable for medium and short range. Earlier this year, news came out one after another that the police force studied the introduction of electric guns and net guns. It is expected that the use of force by electric guns will be higher than that of batons. When Commissioner of Police Deng Bingqiang attended the Western District Council, he did not respond positively, but admitted that he was working on some new weapons as an alternative to firing real guns. Security Secretary Li Jiachao also did not deny it in the Legislative Council, supporting the introduction of effective treatment of "thugs" "method. In addition, it is reported that the police introduced pepper gun pistols from the Swiss weapons manufacturer Piexon, which were available to the Athlon team as soon as June.
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Civil rights monitoring objected to the introduction of stun guns by the police
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"Special Mission Police" expanded to all disciplined forces
Since November last year, the Chief Executive has authorized the police force to appoint about 100 corrections officers as "special mission police", seconded to the police force on a part-time basis to support the police force, and customs and immigration officers have joined in succession until February this year. There are about 400 "special mission police". The establishment was expanded in May this year, and all disciplinary forces must deploy manpower, including firefighters, ambulancemen, and flight service personnel, with a total of 700 people. Their duties include mainly guarding designated government premises, as well as riot control and handling emergencies. And other aspects of work.
"Special Police" expanded to 700 disciplinary forces News: more than 100 fire ambulances joined
[Athlon decoding] The helmet has added three new words to identify the troops that the department team A, C and R belong to...
[Fugitive Offenders Regulations] The first batch of "special agents" joined the riot corrections "Flying Tigers" this week
[Fugitive Offenders Regulations] Up to 421 special police officers are required to wear guns for about 3 days a week
At least 22,000 off-duty police officers approved to carry batons
Since September last year, the police force has approved the distribution of additional telescopic batons to off-duty police officers. Senior Police Superintendent Wang Weixun of the Police Force Operations Division stated at a regular press conference that off-duty police officers will be deemed to be on duty and on duty when necessary. The exercise of police power, including the use of truncheons, must be revealed. Display the certificate of appointment. According to the format of "Preliminary Report on the Use of Police Batons", the number of hits, locations, and summary of the case must be recorded.
According to information, as of the end of February this year, a total of 22,000 police officers have received off-duty batons, but the police force does not keep a record of the number of uses and related arrests during off-duty.
[Fugitive Offenders Regulations] News: Police newly purchased 10,000 telescopic batons for off-duty police officers
[Fugitive Offenders Regulation] off-duty police with telescopic baton police: show the appointment card if temporary duty is feasible
[Fugitive Offenders Regulations] The police admit that there are no statistics on the number of police truncheons used, only counted by region
Launched over 30,000 anti-riot bombs and flash bombs for the first time
During the handling of the anti-revision incident, the police used 16,191 tear gas bullets, 10,100 rubber bullets, 2,033 cloth bag bullets, and 1,880 sponge bombs, a total of about 30,000, as of February 29. After the demonstration conflict in 7.21 Central and Sheung Wan, the police first explained the use of sponge bombs that were rarely heard in Hong Kong at the time, but did not disclose when it was introduced. Looking through the information, the police had fired 33 "sponge bombs" as early as June 12th. Sponge bullets are just a collective name, with different models, which are impact bullets.
In addition, during the 11.18 Yau Ma Tei conflict, the police used flash bombs (also known as "shock bombs"). The flash bomb principle emits strong light through the burning of magnesium elements, etc., which can temporarily lose the vision function of the target. It is mainly used by the Flying Tigers, the airport special police, and the anti-terrorist special service team. Wang Weixun, the senior superintendent of the Department of Operations, explained that the use of flash bombs was used to distract attention.
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Water gun vehicles collaborate with armored vehicles to disperse the crowd
Three water cannon trucks arrived in Hong Kong in mid-2018. The official duty was on August 25 of last year. They were first dispatched to deal with anti-repair demonstrations. During the parade in Kowloon, the water cannon car was launched from Salisbury Road to Nathan Road to disperse the blue water. During the two shots, it hit the mosque. The police need to apologize. However, the complete guidelines for the use of water guns have never been made public.
As for the armored car's first appearance in the 8.5 three strike operation, it was the first time the police had been used in the operation since it was purchased in 2009. In the PolyU incident of 11.17, the police used the "long-range loudspeaker" commonly known as the "sonic gun" on the roof of the armored car. In addition, the roof of the armored car was caught in a gasoline bomb and caught fire.
[Fugitive Offender Regulations] The water gun has three water jet modes. The water column type can shoot the dummy back 5 meters.
[Police Press Conference] The mosque guards dyed the blue guidelines to expose the water gun car only for violent shocks
[8.5 Strike] Police "Ruiwu" armored vehicle first dispatched to Tianshuiwei and then cleared in Mong Kok
Action call sign replaces police officer number
In response to the problem of police officers being "taken off", the riot control and Athlon team uniforms no longer display the police number, but the identification of masked law enforcement extensions has become a public concern. In mid-October, the police launched a new coding system "action call sign" for the riot police, which means that the action call sign is "unique", such as PTU A1 1/1, which is its action call sign, representing its troops, teams and positions; and the supervisory report board The report also revealed that the back of the helmet of the Athlon team will display the English and digital "action call sign", such as a 3-1, representing the team and position, but the outside world still has no way of knowing the department of the police officer. However, plainclothes police officers did not form a line. It was found that the number on the "action call sign" card of the police officer was exactly the same. The police had explained that there was a problem in administration and execution. The police did not disclose how to dismantle the post of the police officer in accordance with the "action call sign" he wore.
[Riot Decoding] The new action call sign of the riot police deconstructs the four-character identification of the company’s position weapon
[Police Press Conference] Plain action call sign "Bumping to Pakistan"? Wang Sir recognizes that there is a problem with the administration
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[Fugitive Offenders Regulations] Athletes of the Athlon Squad Team can be affixed with police badges and display numbers
Revision of the Level VI Guidelines
The police has not disclosed the chapter "General Use of Police" Chapter 29 "Usage of Force and Firearms". A revised version was released at the end of September last year. There were multiple fixes for the highest three levels of force use, adjusting the "violent attack" and "lethal force" Definition of "attack".
According to previous guidelines, police officers can use "intermediate weapons" in the face of "violent attacks", which corresponds to batons; in the new revision, batons and rubber bullets, rubber bullets or cloth bags issued by Remington shotguns Projectiles, "water cannon" water jets, and "sponge bombs" are also regarded as "low-lethal weapons".
[Fugitive Offenders Regulations] Police amend force to change batons from "intermediate weapons" to low lethality
[8.5 Strike] Police Admiralty direct shots from the height to the crowd before the tear gas PTU: increased risk of hitting the head
[Fugitive Offender Regulations] Tear gas bombs directed at the demonstrators and experts: the crowd should not be shot flatly
[Police batting head] The policeman pointed out that the Tai Po boy ran away and was killed by uniform documents.
Former IPCC member Zheng Chenglong believes that the "action call sign" implemented by the police force is easy for the public to record the identity of police officers. (Profile picture)
Former members of the Supervisory Commission urged to increase the supervisory power of the Supervisory Commission
The problem of police officer identification is also an important issue. Zheng Chenglong, a former vice chairman of New Thinking who was a member of the Supervisory Commission, believes that the current "action call sign" combination of the police is "easy to understand", but emphasizes that it must not be repeated and clearly visible. In terms of large-scale demonstrations, police numbers can be replaced.
Recently, many polls in Hong Kong have shown that the public's confidence in the police force has declined. Zheng Chenglong pointed out that the police will need to reform and increase the power to monitor the police force. Zheng said that the outside world is concerned about the force of the police force and the principles of firearm use. Although not all police forces around the world will be fully open to the guidelines, members of the regulatory agencies in some countries can check it. "At least some people can look for it instead of the public and monitor it."
Shen Weinan, a member of the Civil Rights Watch, pointed out that the police force continued to purchase new weapons to deal with demonstrations in the past year, but did not disclose the guidelines. The public had no way of knowing the impact on the human body. When someone was injured and attracted attention from the outside world, the police only disclosed it a little. Too late. He believes that since the police force is under public scrutiny, it is the duty to disclose what kind of firearms are used under which circumstances.
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Anti-revision example demonstration National Anthem Act Hong Kong version National Security Act Police Department Fire Department
