DIT officers gain overseas exposure
To boost the professionalism of frontline crime officers, and to broaden their overseas horizons, Crime Wing has organised an Overseas Study Visit Programme for District Investigation Team (DIT) officers to visit the Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Co-operation (JCLEC) in Indonesia.
Between May 22 and 25, the Force delegation, led by Chief Inspector Mark Johnson, and comprising two Inspectors, two Sergeants and 10 Police Constables from DIT, visited the JCLEC in Semarang. They also took the opportunity to pay courtesy calls on representatives of the Indonesian National Police (INP) and thank them for their hospitality and for reinforcing co-operation between the INP and the Force.
On May 23, Director Executive of JCLEC, Brigadier General Dwi Priyatno, greeted the delegation members. Following the welcome, they attended experience-sharing forums with police officers from Indonesia, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, gaining useful knowledge of the structures and organisations of the four police forces. Then they were given a briefing on the crime investigation procedures, techniques and the crime situation in Indonesia by Senior Superintendent of the Criminal Investigation Department, Mr Napoleon Bonarparte.
In other interesting visits, delegation members toured the Semarang District Police Headquarters, where the Chief of Semarang District Police, Senior Superintendent Elan Subilan, gave a presentation on the local social, demographic and policing issues. After this, the delegation members visited the uniformed and crime units, as well as forensic investigation and disaster victims identification units.
During a farewell reception, delegation members shared experience and built up networks with the hosts and other overseas police officers attending training courses in JCLEC.
A delegation member, Woman Detective Sergeant Yip Wai-kuen, commented: "Our counterparts in Indonesia share similar visions with us and both are working for the common objective of building a safer and better society. From the visit, I realise that while different countries have different ways of policing, they share similar values and missions."
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