Queensland Police on mission of "sustainable" relationship
Two senior officers of the Queensland Police visited Training Wing last month with a view to establishing a "sustainable" relationship with the Force on education and training.
The officers were Superintendent Colin Campbell, Manager of Professional Development Programme, and Dr Daniel Bragg, Head of International Business and Development of the Programme.
They began their three-day visit on February 3, calling at Training Wing Headquarters and exchanged their views on various aspects of training issues with Assistant Commissioner (Training) David Thomas, Chief Superintendent (In-Service Training) To Chun-wai, Senior Superintendent (Higher Training) Sham Wai-kin and other training staff there. The next day, they visited Personnel Management Branch, and had discussion with Chief Superintendent (Personnel Management) Tang Kam-moon, on human resources management matters, including management development training and performance appraisal, etc.
In the afternoon, apart from meeting the Commandant and other key instructional staff during their visit to the Police Training School and Detective Training School, the two officers were also briefed on the "Extended Interview" for selection of inspectors by Chief Inspector Eric Leung.
On the third day, they had discussion with Senior Superintendent (Operations) Alfred Chau Kwok-leung on "incident command" in Operations Wing Headquarters, and on "intelligence training" with Superintendent Steve Handley in Criminal Intelligence Bureau.
Speaking on the objective of their visit, Mr Campbell said: "We've been working with the Hong Kong Police for some time in sharing management development experience and education for future managers. The objective of our visit is to establish a relationship with the Hong Kong Police to make sure we've a sustainable relationship for the future so that both Australia and Hong Kong will benefit."
He pointed out that the Force and Queensland Police are facing almost exactly the same challenge in staff training. "This is the strongest impression that we have since visiting all your different training sections. It's a big challenge which includes selecting the right people to attend courses and making sure that the people you've selected will be able to make contributions to the organisations after attending the courses," he added.
Mr Campbell had held the Force's training structures in high regard, describing they as "very advanced" in terms of what is required for operational purposes.
Dr Bragg pointed out that both the Force and Queensland Police share a "very strong" commitment to education and training. " ...and because we've such a commitment, we're very good partners in developing education programmes that will help develop the capability of our respective organisation," he noted.
Dr Bragg also has a high regard for Force members who have attended training courses in Australia. He said: "We consider ourselves very fortunate to have such a good relationship with the Hong Kong Police. The Hong Kong Police officers who came to Australia had been outstanding students. We very much welcome Hong Kong Police officers to our courses because they are such committed students. We look forward to continuing our relationship and exploring new ways we can work together to face the challenges in our organisations!"
In spite of their short stay in Hong Kong, the two Queensland officers also took the chance to have a nice reunion with some of those Station Sergeants who had previously attended the Queensland Police Service Management Development Programme in Australia. Apart from enjoying the hospitality and very friendly atmosphere of their reunion with the officers, both officers were very pleased and delighted to learn about the positive and encouraging feedback from the officers and were looking forward to receiving more officers from the Hong Kong Police Force on their future Management Development Programme, which they reiterated, would be of mutual benefit to both police forces and their serving officers.
The Queensland Police officers visit Training Wing Headquarters