Regular and auxiliary officers of Sham Shui Po District (SSPODIST) joined hands to forge the “Live in Peace • Sham Shui Po” project in the fourth quarter of 2021. It aimed to enhance the community’s response capabilities in handling emergencies and potential terrorist incidents. A series of activities comprising a joint departmental counter-terrorism (CT) exercise with the Correctional Services Department (CSD), lockdown exercises in schools and transitional housing units, as well as emergency awareness exchange with security guards in public housing estates, were conducted in SSPODIST under the project.

As pioneers of the project, Auxiliary Police Constable Kwong Ng-fung, a full-time education practitioner, and Auxiliary Police Constable Sit Wing-yan, a full-time student of the Hong Kong Metropolitan University, felt honoured and fortunate for having the opportunity to tackle the challenges in conceptualising and implementing the project with regular officers. Through the process, they came in contact with policing work outside the patrol team, which deepened their understanding of CT and emergency response. Kwong made use of his teaching experience to facilitate learning of CT messages while Sit was responsible for compiling teaching materials for the project.

This joint venture between regular and auxiliary officers demonstrates that in addition to frontline policing work, “auxies” can contribute to the Force with their professional knowledge in other domains.

Regular and auxiliary officers join hands on CT.