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The Recruitment Division (RECDIV) held the sixth Recruitment Experience and Assessment Day (READ) under the theme “Infinite Possibility” at the Hong Kong Police College on June 18 for participants to understand the recruitment selection process, training programmes at the Police College, and the diversified policing work through a series of activities, and to experience infinite possibility from policing work. The event attracted around 2 000 visits and 490 on-site applications.
The event consisted of three thematic sessions: (1) Selection workshops for Probationary Inspector / Police Constable; (2) Interactive Police Unit Display / Recruitment Talk / Sharing of Training Experience; and (3) Physical Fitness Test Workshops. Participants could submit application and undergo initial screening on the spot. Five Recruitment Spokepersons also shared information about the recruitment process with visitors. Moreover, it was the first occasion in which the Recruit Police Constable Chinese/English Written Examination was included during READ. Participants who successfully passed the written examination could be exempted from relevant assessment if they applied to join the Force within three months, and the results will be permanently valid.
The theme of the Interactive Police Unit Display tied in with the TV reality show Profession Impossible produced jointly by the Force and a TV broadcaster, and the Force’s new promotional video Guarding Our City with Faith - The Prequel. Through the interactive show, participants could experience in person the situations faced by frontline officers during daily patrol. Moreover, the number of participating units increased from six to eight this time. In addition, two cadres which participated in the shooting of Profession Impossible, namely the Police Negotiation Cadre and the Force Search Unit, joined the display for the first time.
In view of the overwhelming responses to the Physical Fitness Test Workshops in previous times, three sessions were held on June 17 and June 18. The READ workshops on application for Probationary Inspector / Police Constable and the thematic talks on the Force helped participants understand the recruitment and selection processes, as well as the skills for the tests.
