Since the anti-revision law turmoil in 2019, the Police Force has continued to expand the Police Public Relations Branch.
According to "Hong Kong 01", the police will further expand the public relations territory. It is reported that the police force intends to add an additional "Assistant Commissioner" rank, which will be responsible for directing public relations, and will be promoted to the Chief Superintendent of the Police Public Relations Division of the Assistant Commissioner. Guo Jiaquan will take his new position, but the structural adjustment must be submitted to the Legislative Council and await approval by the Finance Committee. Therefore, it is expected to be formally implemented and put into operation as soon as the middle of next year.
In recent years, the Police Public Relations Division has been doing more work. In addition to expanding the number of media liaison teams, it also produced its own "Police Voice Live" and so on.
It is understood that after the anti-amendment campaign in 2019, the police attaches great importance to the war of propaganda, and the goal is to adopt aggressive strategies to seize the opportunity of public opinion. The report on the review of the grade structure of the disciplined services has revealed that many disciplined services management intends to increase the chiefs. It specifically mentioned that the police force has several areas that need to be "prioritized", including "improving overall public relations and community participation capabilities."
It is understood that the police are now preparing to add one more "Assistant Commissioner" rank to be responsible for directing public relations, focusing on police-civil relations, social media and relations with the media.
Consolidating multiple news, the Police Public Relations Division has been in the workforce for two years now, so it will welcome a new round of personnel changes. Among them, it is said that Guo Jiaquan will be transferred to other positions. The news is that Guo Jiaquan is promoted to assistant director. As the new head, continue to steer the public relations strategy.
Guo Jiaquan graduated from the Department of Politics and Administration of The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1998. He was two former lieutenants and commander of the airport police district. He was also seconded to the Australian Federal Police as an instructor.
In November 2019, he was levelled by the Police Public Relations Division by the Ministry of Personnel. When he appeared on the scene, he was responsible for presiding over the regular press conference on the PolyU incident. He also set up a "trusted media" controversy commentary for the police force.
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At present, under the Director of Police and the three Deputy Directors, the Police Force has five Senior Assistant Directors and 16 Assistant Directors who assist in the control of national security, operations, support, criminal, security, information systems, Service quality and other sub-divisions, served as the commander of the five major regions.
The Police Public Relations Division is currently under the support of the Support Division. It has a Community Relations Division, Media Liaison and Communication Division, Strategic Communication Division, and News and Publicity Division.
In addition, this year the Police Force has separated the Wealth Investigation Unit, Joint Wealth Intelligence Unit, and Headquarters from the Narcotics Investigation Division and integrated them into a dedicated department, the "Wealth Intelligence and Investigation Division," and thus added a Chief Superintendent-level leader.
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