How do Hong Kong police officers become inspectors?

There are four ways for a police sergeant to become a trainee inspector, including internal promotion, selection and appointment scheme, inspector potential scheme and open recruitment procedure.

1. Internal promotion refers to the process that qualified employees in an enterprise are promoted from their existing positions to a higher level.

2. Selection and appointment scheme: The selection and appointment scheme requires the director of the police station to be recommended by the selection committee before he can be promoted to trainee inspector.

3. Inspector's potential personnel plan: The inspector's potential personnel plan must be recommended by superiors or department heads, selected and passed a specific probation period before being promoted to a trainee inspector; Only two or three places are allocated to the program every year, and people with less than 10 working age are rarely selected to participate in the program.

4. Open recruitment procedure: In addition, the sheriff can directly apply for the rank of trainee inspector through the open recruitment procedure without internal recommendation. The inspector's potential personnel plan must be recommended by the superior or department head. However, if the police chief is already in the inspector potential plan, in order to avoid wasting resources, he will not be allowed to apply through the open recruitment process.