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Encyclopedia > Commissioner of Police

The Commissioner of Police heads of the Hong Kong Police Force and reports to the Secretary for Security. The Hong Kong Police Force (香港警察) (from 1969 to 1997, Royal Hong Kong Police Force (皇家香港警察) is the police force of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Secretary for Security is a member of the Hong Kong Government responsible for prosecutions and legal matters. ...


Chiefs of the police force

The Commissioner is the current head of the Hong Kong Police. Commissioner may be used for a variety of official positions, especially that of a high-ranking official, or that of a senior police officer. ...

  • Chief Magistrates
    • 1841 – Captain William Caine
    • 1844 (Feb) – Captain Haly
    • 1844 (Mar) – Captain Bruce
  • Captains-Superintendent
    • 1845 – Charles May
    • 1862 – William Quin
    • 1866 – Walter Deane
    • 1892 – Major-General Alexander Adam
    • 1893 – Francis May
    • 1902 – Joseph Badeley
    • 1913 – Charles Messer
    • 1918 – Edward Wolfe
  • Inspectors-General
    • 1930 – Edward Wolfe
    • 1934 – Thomas King
  • Commissioners
    • 1938 – Thomas King
    • 1941 – John Pennefather-Evans
    • 1946 – Colonel C. H. Samson
    • 1946 – Duncan McIntosh
    • 1953 – Arthur Maxwell
    • 1959 – Henry Heath
    • 1966 – Edward Tyrer
    • 1967 – Edward Eates
    • 1969 – Charles Sutcliffe
    • 1974 – Brian Selvin
    • 1979 – Roy Henry
    • 1982 – Ray Anning
    • 1987 – Lee Kwan Ha
    • 1994 – Hui Ki On
    • 2001 – Tsang Yam Pui
    • 2003 – Dick Lee

Dick Lee Ming Kwai (李明逵) (born 1950) is the Commissioner of Police of Hong Kong. ...

External links

  • Government of HKSAR
  • Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government

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Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (326 words)
Until the 1970s, the Commissioners were justices of the peace and not sworn constables.
The Commissioner is generally regarded as the most senior operational police officer in the United Kingdom (although since each police force is independent this is not technically accurate).
Sir John Nott-Bower was the first career police officer to hold the post (although several previous commissioners had served in senior administrative positions in colonial forces and the Metropolitan Police itself) and Sir Joseph Simpson was the first commissioner to have started his career as a constable (although he was soon appointed to higher rank).
Police commissioner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (195 words)
Police Commissioner (or Commissioner of Police) is the title of the chief officer of many law enforcement agencies.
In some organizations, the commissioner is a political appointee, and may or may not actually be a professional police officer.
A famous fictional commissioner is Commissioner James Gordon, ally of Batman.
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