Commissioner of Police (Hong Kong)

Stephen Lo, current Commissioner of Police

The Commissioner of Police (Chinese: 警務處處長) heads the Hong Kong Police Force and reports to the Secretary for Security.

Officers in command under British rule

Early heads were often military officers or had previous policing experience. Many joined the Force in senior command postings before their promotions. Li is the only Commissioner to rise from lower ranks and Hui joined as a probationary Inspector.

Chief magistrates

1841 – Captain William Caine
1844 (Feb) – Captain Haly
1844 (Mar) – Captain Bruce

Captains-superintendent

1845 – Charles May
1860 – Edmund Haythorne
1862 – William Quin
1866 – Walter Deane
1892 – Major-General Alexander Adam
1893 – Francis Henry 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 - served in the police force of the Federated Malay States
1946 – Colonel C. H. Samson (British Military Administration)
1946 – Duncan McIntosh - former Deputy Commissioner of Police of Singapore
1953 – Arthur Maxwell
1959 – Henry Heath
1966 – Edward Tyrer
1967 – Edward Eates - joined force in 1963 as Assistant Commissioner following police service in Pakistan, Sierra Leone and Gambia
1969 – Charles Payne Sutcliffe - previous served in Metropolitan Police, Tanganyika; joined Hong Kong Police as Assistant Commissioner in 1960
1974 – Brian Slevin - formerly Deputy Commissioner
1979 – Roy Henry - joined force in 1963; previous colonial police officer in Malaysia and Commissioner of Police in Fiji
1985 – Raymon Anning - served with Metropolitan Police and other British forces; joined Hong Kong Police in 1983
1989 – Li Kwan-ha
1994 – Eddie Hui

Officers in command since the foundation of Special Administrative Region

Tang King Shing in 2007, he served as the Commissioner of Police from 2007 to 2011.

Commissioners of Police since 1997 have risen from the rank of Probationary Inspector.

Name	Took office	Left office
Hui Ki-on	1997	2001
Tsang Yam-pui	2001	2003
Lee Ming Kwai, Dick	2003	2007
Tang King-shing	2007	2011
Tsang Wai-hung	2011	2015
Lo Wai-chung	2015	Incumbent

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