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Partial shotgun training a waste?
I must thank the Force for giving me a chance to receive training in the use of shotguns. However, owing to the Force policy of not allowing District officers to have continuous training in the use of shotguns, I have now lost my qualification to use them after a recent transfer from a Regional formation to a District one.
It is wasting Force resources to just provide officers with initial training, and a waste of effort from the officers. Doesn't such a policy run contrary to the Force's objective these days of enhancing productivity?
Detective Lee Chiu-wing
To include those officers trained but transferred from the above units would incur extra resources and training time. This is especially true when the total number of initially-trained officers is accumulating every year.
Under the principle of value for money, providing anti-crime shotgun training for officers in formations where shotguns are not deployed for anti-crime duty is not feasible at this moment in time.
Lee Yeung-chi
Reply from Weapons Training Division . . .
The enthusiasm of Detective Lee on firearms training is greatly appreciated. Current Force policy on deployment of shotguns for anti-crime purposes is applicable only to Emergency, Police Headquarters and Regional Crime Units.
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