POLICE OFFICERS ON SPECIALISED TRAINING ABROAD (Names and Units)

Mr Lim Cher Kheng asked the Chief Secretary to state :-

(i) the names of the Police Officers sent abroad for specialised training from 1st January, 1955 to 31st March, 1958;

(ii) the type of specialised training they underwent; and

(iii) the names of such Police Officers who have returned and the respective Units to which they were attached on their return.

Mr E. B. David: Sir, it is not customary to furnish the names of individual officers in this connection. Twenty-eight such officers were sent abroad for specialised training during the period in question. The information regarding type of training and posting on return is considerably detailed, and I will, with permission, circulate it in the Official Report.

Mr Lee Choon Eng: Can the Chief Secretary tell us whether these officers on their return are attached to the proper unit in line with the training they underwent while on course?

Mr E. B. David: Yes, Sir.

Following is the information:

The following is the information regarding the types of specialised training and postings on return of 28 Police Officers sent abroad from 1st January, 1955, to 31st March, 1958:-

(a) 2 officers were trained in Radio Maintenance and on return were posted to the Radio Division;

(b) 1 officer underwent a Special Technical Course with the Security Service in the U.K. and on return was posted to the Special Branch;

(c) 2 officers underwent a Specialised Course in Fingerprints and Photography in the U.K. and on return were posted to the Criminal Investigation Department;

(d) 1 officer underwent the Wakefield Specialised Course in Criminal Investigation in the U.K. and on return was posted to the Special Branch;

(e) 22 officers were sent on the Specialised C.I.D. Course at Hendon and of these 8 were posted on return to the Special Branch and to the C.I.D. 6 to `Areas' on crime investigation duties, 2 to the Radio Division on Investigation work, 2 to the Traffic Branch on investigation work, 2 to Training Units, while the remaining 2 have not yet returned.