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War against violence: Hong Kong Police received $2.5 billion overtime allowance last year, police officers account for 90% of suspected corruption cases concerning civil servants relating to "anti-extradition" protests

Average monthly overtime allowance of $16,000 per person

The police's overtime allowance (OTA) continues to arouse public concern. Many Legislative Council members continued to follow up with supplementary questions on the latest figures during Finance Committee meetings. In response, the police indicated that the total expenditure on OTA for the whole of 2019-20 was approximately $2.52 billion, which was a $460 million increase from last month alone. On average, the year saw 13,000 recipients per month and a further increase of 1,000 "beneficiaries". Each recipient got an average of $16,000 per month.
 
This considerable remuneration failed to attract the public to join the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF). The number of applicants dropped sharply. In reply to a Finance Committee supplementary question by legislator Eddie Chu Hoi-dick, the police stated that the number of applicants for Inspector of Police (IP) was only 5,223 during the 2019-20 recruitment. Compared to 7,350 last year, it decreased by more than 2,000 or nearly 30%. In the same year, only 6,751 applied to be a Police Constable (PC), a decrease of 3,827 or 36% from the previous year.

55 officers ranked Superintendent or higher resigned
Retired police officers recruited as "replenishment"

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Source: Apple Daily, (28-Apr)

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