Hong Kong Police EU & PTU Units

The Emergency Unit. The Police Tactical Unit. The Police Training School.

These fall under the 'A' Department, or Operations Wing. This wing is comprised of 3 sections: Operations Bureau, PTU & SDU, and EOD Bureau. The EOD is featured on the next page.

Emergency Unit

(EU) - provides a quick response to emergency situations, including 999 calls, as well as a speedy and additional presence of uniformed police on the ground to combat crime. An EU comprises a headquarters element and four platoons which operate on a three-shift basis.

The Emergency Units, now stationed in every Region, fulfill many roles. As the name suggests, they can be called out to bolster local stations in times of crisis. Although the Force was always prepared to cope with trouble in the streets, the present sophisticated system grew directly out of two bloody days in 1956. The Double Tenth riots, sparked off by a political confrontation, left 59 dead. It taught senior police and government officials a lesson that has never been forgotten; be prepared.

Sergeant Leung Tat Keung

Officer Fung Siu

Police Tactical Unit

Includes Training, Administration and the Special Duties Unit. Among other things, it reviews regularly tactics used in crowd management and riot control.

The Regional PTU Company provides a ready reserve to deal with threats to internal security situations and natural disasters. On a daily, non-emergency basis, the PTU is deployed on front-line street patrols to supplement District resources to tackle identified crime black spots.

The PTU can trace its' beginnings to riots that started Oct 10, 1956.

Sergeant Wah

Officer Hung Lo

Officer Tang Shung-chi

At any given time the Force is served by seven Police Tactical Unit (PTU) Companies: one in each land Region and two receiving training at PTU Headquarters in Fanling. PTU Companies were regularly deployed to assist with crowd management and public security duties, particularly at public gatherings or festive occasions. The year saw their deployment at various major incidents which included the disturbance at the Pillar Point Refugee Centre, the crash of a China Airlines airplane at the Hong Kong International Airport and events in celebration of the arrival of the new millennium.

PTS (Police Training School)

The School is regarded as one of the premier police establishments in the world; an institute that has been widely examined and emulated by forces elsewhere.

The key resource of the Force is its people. With a large Force comprising some 28,000 regular officers, 4,500 auxiliary officers and 6,000 civilian officers, the Personnel Wing keeps pace with the latest techniques in human resources management to ensure cohesion in all aspects.

Firearms instructor Sean Moore

Moore; a British emigrate, is a valued member of the PTS. A member of the British SAS until an IRA bomb severely wounded him and killed his teammate; Roger Connery. Moore retired from the SAS & found his way to the HKP's training school at Wong Chuk Hang, where he now instructs recruits in the use of firearms.

Induction Courses

		Newly-recruited Police Constables
		Newly-recruited Probationary Inspectors

Professional & Continuation Courses

		Serving Police Constables
		Serving and newly-promoted Sergeants, Station Sergeants
		Serving and newly-promoted Inspectors

Others

		Newly-recruited and serving Traffic Wardens
		Newly-recruited and serving Police Communications Officers

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