Hong Kong’s police chief stresses importance of cooperation between the force and security industry amid 20% rise in crime
- Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu says cooperation can significantly bolster efforts to fight crime throughout the city
- Hong Kong recorded 90,276 crimes in 2023, a 28.9 per cent jump compared with previous year
Hong Kong’s police chief has emphasised the importance of cooperation between the force and the security industry after the city recorded a 28 per cent increase in overall crime last year.
Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu Chak-yee told the media in an interview during the World Police Summit in Dubai that collaboration could significantly bolster efforts to fight crime throughout the city.
He also said on Wednesday that working together with the city’s security industry was “extremely important”.
Siu added that the city had a large population and about 27,000 police officers, with about 360,000 security personnel in the security industry.
“If they can be our effective eyes and ears and if they can give us a call whenever they see anything suspicious, then we can work very effectively to fight crime together,” the commissioner said.
The city recorded 90,276 crimes in 2023, a 28.9 per cent jump compared with the figure in the previous year, while the overall detection rate, or the proportion of crimes solved was 31.1 per cent.
Police last year handled 39,824 scams, accounting for 44.1 per cent of all recorded crimes.