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The 16th Symposium on Police Studies of the Strait cum Hong Kong and Macao with the theme “Imparting Wisdom to Deepening Cross-Border Policing Collaborations” published a collection of dissertation papers in March. The collection comprises around 60 dissertations on police studies contributed by authors from the Strait cum Hong Kong and Macao. Among these papers, seven were written by members of the Hong Kong Police. The dissertation co-authored by Superintendent Dorothy Nieh, Chief Inspector (Auxiliary) Yeung Hong-ting, Police Constable So Cheung-lung and Police Constable (Auxiliary) Liu Yu entitled “A Projection of Future Community and Police Collaborative Model Through an Empirical Study on an Application of Humanistic Spirit for Community Delivered by Hong Kong Police Force and Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force” has been selected by the Police Association of China for inclusion in the 16th Symposium’s official publication.
The dissertation aims to share Hong Kong’s experience in seamless exchange of knowledge management and training between the regular and auxiliary police forces, to discuss the “humanistic spirit” and soft power of community policing, and to explore the use of story-based cases for promoting to the public. Superintendent Nieh is currently serving in the School of Professional Development of Hong Kong Police College, and Chief Inspector (Auxiliary) Yeung is a university staff member and an auxiliary police veteran. They co-authored the paper with their respective colleagues, Police Constable So and Police Constable (Auxiliary) Liu to realise the spirit of “regulars and auxies in operation together”. So is a member of the Police Negotiation Cadre who dedicates his life to saving others. Liu, on the other hand, works in the insurance industry but contributes much of her spare time to a wide array of auxiliary police duties. In addition to serving as a report room ambassador, performing sub-urban anti-crime patrol and mobile video team duty, she also takes part in the newly rolled-out Regional auxiliary cycling patrol duty.
For a few times a week, Police Constable (Auxiliary) Liu would rush to her police station and report for auxiliary police duty after getting off from her day-job. She said, “Despite the long hours of work, I find it meaningful to work hand-in-hand with my regular counterparts to earn recognition of the superiors and the general public.” Chief Inspector (Auxiliary) Yeung added, “Fellow auxies report shifts actively, hoping to support the frontline to maintain high efficiency of Districts. The Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force is a body of over 3 000 members from all walks of life. This dual-capacity as both police and citizen puts them in an advantageous position to act as a bridge between the Force and the society to promote police-public relations. They can realise the ‘humanistic spirit’ in the community policing model through serving the public to garner their support.”
Superintendent Nieh also shared, “When I previously worked on the frontline, I would be moved whenever auxie colleagues were known to be on duty. It’s because they would provide extra hands and support to relieve our regular workload.” She further commented, “Auxies have been fearless. They are fully dedicated to supporting our police duties in addition to their full-time jobs, thereby demonstrating our commitment to ‘Serving Hong Kong with Honour, Duty and Loyalty’.”
