Police College played host for the first time to 12 senior police leaders and four programme management team members and staff from 14 law enforcement agencies in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States for the second Seminar Week of the International Pearl Fishers Action Learning Group (IALG) from March 8 to 14.

 

The IALG participants, including Senior Superintendent Kong Man-keung as the Hong Kong representative, first gathered in Melbourne, Australia in October last year to work on their assignment on "Shaping innovation through partnerships".

 

In the Hong Kong Seminar, the IALG participants utilised forward-looking and innovative thinking to explore their assignment. They took part in a series of intensive debates conducted by guest speakers from the private and public sectors as well as distinguished academics.  They also visited Lantau District and Marine Regional Headquarters, where two former IALG members, Chief Superintendent Patrick Laidler and Chief Superintendent Patrick Hodson, introduced the different policing strategies for different law enforcement situations.

 

The IALG will meet gain in Copenhagen, Denmark, in June this year to finalise their assignment and present their findings to the commissioners during the annual Pearls in Policing (Pearls) conference on June 14.

 

IALG is recognised as a renowned and the only existing global executive law enforcement leadership programme in the world.  Through the programme, wisdom is gained for the Pearls conference, where top-level executives of law enforcement agencies at Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner levels around the world develop solutions to emerging issues and the challenges confronting policing in the future.  

 

 

Meanwhile on March 13, Head of the Programme Management of IALG, Mrs Anita Hazenberg, Chief Superintendent of the National Police of the Netherlands, paid a courtesy call on Deputy Commissioner (Management) Lo Wai-chung.

 

Mrs Hazenberg thanked Mr Lo for hosting the IALG Seminar for the first time in Hong Kong, which, she said, provided an excellent environment and atmosphere for senior police leaders around the world to share knowledge and discuss ideas for shaping future policing strategies. Mr Lo and Mrs Hazenberg also discussed the benefits of strengthening co-operation. At the end of the visit, Mr Lo agreed that the Force would continue to host the IALG seminars in the next two years.