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The Hong Kong Police Force today (October 31) organised the Police Recruitment Day (Autumn) at Police Headquarters, recruiting Probationary Inspectors, Recruit Police Constables and Police Constables (Auxiliary). More than 2,200 applications were received.
The Force has been adopting a proactive recruitment strategy to attract high calibre candidates who possess the required competencies to serve. A series of recruitment campaigns, such as Recruitment Days, are launched on an annual basis to reach out to potential candidates. The Autumn Recruitment Day was a newly added recruitment event which provided one-stop service to applicants, including initial screening and scheduling of written examination for Probationary Inspector candidates; initial screening and group interview for Recruit Police Constable candidates; and initial screening and seminar for Police Constable (Auxiliary) candidates.
Upon completion of the selection process, successful Probationary Inspector and Recruit Police Constable applicants will undergo foundation training for 36 and 27 weeks respectively at the Police College, whereas successful Police Constable (Auxiliary) applicants will undergo 320 hours of training at the Auxiliary Police Headquarters.
For this financial year, the Force aims to recruit 1,510 police officers, including 190 Probationary Inspectors and 1,320 Recruit Police Constables, while the Auxiliary Police Force aims to recruit 320 Police Constables (Auxiliary). As at October 30, about 60 percent of the recruitment target had been achieved.
Police will continue to regularly organise and participate in different recruitment events. The next major event will be the Education and Careers Expo 2016 and the Recruitment Day to be held in January 2016.
Applications for the posts of Probationary Inspector, Recruit Police Constable and Police Constable (Auxiliary) are accepted year-round, those who endeavour to become police officer are welcome to apply. Applicants can complete the application form at Police website or mail the completed form to the Police Recruitment Division.
Ends/Saturday, October 31, 2015
Issued at HKT 14:40
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