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The PTU was established in 1958, known then as the Police Tactical Contingent (PTC). [1] The PTC's name changed to the PTU in 1968. [1]In 1969, the PTU was allowed to wear the beret as their standard headgear, which lead to the unit being known locally as the "Blue Berets".
Special Tactical Contingent removes obstacles from Tamar Street in Hong Kong. The Special Tactical Contingent (STC; Chinese: 特別戰術小隊), nicknamed the "Raptors" (Chinese: 速龍小隊), commonly known as the Special Tactical Squad (STS), is a specialist riot contingent of the Hong Kong Police Force under the command of the Police Tactical Unit (PTU).
The navy blue beret is the standard headgear of officers of the Police Tactical Unit of the Hong Kong Police Force. Officers are nicknamed the "Blue Berets" or the "Blue Caps". These berets are also being worn by the officers of the Emergency Unit, Airport Security Unit and Counter Terrorism Response Unit of the Hong Kong Police Force.
Thousands of people are taking to the streets of Hong Kong under the watch of riot police to demand more democracy and an investigation into the use of force to suppress the six-month-long anti ...
Video showed officers clearing out the crowd at Hong Kong's main airport as the protesters chanted.
The force was granted the use of the title ‘royal’ in 1969 for its handling of the Hong Kong 1967 riots — renaming it the Royal Hong Kong Police Force. [9] In 1974, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) was created to give government wide-ranging powers to investigate corruption. [10]
Riot police stormed in to the New Town Plaza and pointed crowd control weapons towards the protesters and shoppers inside the mall linked to the station. ... Anti-government protesters in Hong ...
The Hong Kong Police came under fire for failing to charge police superintendent Franklin Chu King-wai, now retired, who was filmed hitting civilians with a police baton when uniformed officers were directing a line of passers-by to move along after a protest in Mong Kok on 26 November 2014. [32]