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Hong Kong police officers will commence the trial scheme of patrolling in public buses. The trial exercise will begin in Kowloon West next week before the district council election, police reported.
The report said on Saturday, that the officers will be in pairs or groups to monitor the public buses starting from next Wednesday. The exercise is only meant to be tried for the Kowloon West area for now.
Officers would be posted across police divisions such as Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok, Sham Shui Po, Cheung Sha Wan, Hung Hom and Kowloon City, the report revealed.
The spokesperson for the police said “They will board buses at different stops to patrol them, paying attention to passengers and identifying any suspicious objects. "
“They will stand in the area designated for wheelchair passengers on the lower deck and will not take up any seats.”
“If necessary, officers may ask the bus driver to pull over and request the person in question to leave the vehicle for further investigation,” he added.
The report from the police source said further that the usually uniformed and standardly equipped officers would not be stationed at bus terminals and fares would not be required from them. Their availability for bus patrols would depend on their involvement in other cases, police explained.
The force said the objective of deploying police service to public buses is to prevent criminal activity and respond quickly to any incidents that may occur. The feedback would be collected from frontline officers and assess the public response in January to evaluate the effectiveness of the initiative, it was added.
香港警方下週三起試行九龍西公共巴士巡邏
香港警務人員將展開公共巴士巡邏試驗計畫。警方透露,試驗將於下週區議會選舉前在九龍西展開。
週六的報道稱,從下週三開始,警方將成對或分組監視公共巴士。 這項演習目前只在九龍西地區進行。
報告透露,警員將駐紮在尖沙咀、油麻地、旺角、深水埗、長沙灣、紅磡和九龍城等警區。
警方發言人表示:「他們將在不同的車站登上公車進行巡邏,注意乘客並識別任何可疑物體。 」
“他們將站在下層甲板為輪椅乘客指定的區域,不會佔用任何座位。”
他補充說: “如有必要,警方可能會要求巴士司機靠邊停車,並要求有關人員離開車輛以進行進一步調查。”
警方消息人士的報告進一步稱,通常穿著制服和標準裝備的警察不會駐紮在巴士總站,也不會向他們收取車費。 警方解釋說,他們能否參加公車巡邏將取決於他們是否參與其他案件。
警方表示,在公共巴士上部署警察服務的目的是防止犯罪活動並對可能發生的任何事件做出快速反應。 補充說,將從前線官員收集回饋,並在一月份評估公眾的反應,以評估該措施的有效性。
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