The Police College hosted a weeklong seminar of the International Pearl Fishers Action Learning Group (IALG) for the third straight year, with 17 senior police leaders and three programme management team members from law enforcement agencies in Australia, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Canada, Columbia, France, Germany, Holland, Norway, Singapore, the United States, Hong Kong, Interpol and the European Police Office participating in the event from March 5 to 11.

Deputy Director 1 of the Police College Cho Ming-lung represented the Force to join the programme management team to oversee the running of the seminar. The 20 participants applied forward-looking and innovative thinking in conducting assignments, and took part in intensive debates led by guest speakers and distinguished academics from different regions. They also visited the Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau to exchange views with their counterparts on policing work and cyber security.

The IALG is widely recognised as a renowned and the only executive law enforcement leadership programme in the world. The IALG Seminar in Hong Kong provided an opportunity for the participants to complete their assignments and they would present their research findings and recommendations at the annual Pearls in Policing Conference to be held in Canada in June. Top-level executives of law enforcement agencies from around the world will attend the conference to develop solutions to emerging policing issues and future challenges.