Cut excessive paperwork for frontline officers and make sure personal computers used by officers do not have file-sharing software installed. That's the advice lawmakers and a police officers' union had for the force after the latest suspected leak of police data onto the internet.
Tony Liu Kit-ming, chairman of the Police Inspectors' Association, said too much paperwork and a lack of resources for frontline officers forced many of them to work at home using their own, unsecured computers.
'Why do officers have to bring their work home? It is because there are not enough computer facilities for them and they have excessive paperwork,' he said.
Mr Liu said the force had to consider easing administrative work for frontline officers if it wanted to address the problem of data leaks at its root.
Samson Tam Wai-ho, the legislator who represents the information technology sector, said the latest suspected leak showed the force might have failed to stop frontline officers using Foxy file-sharing software.
'There should be a thorough check of their computers to make sure Foxy software is deleted and a clear policy of penalising those still using the software,' he said.
