The Correctional Services Department (CSD) today held the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong International Correctional Services Response Tactics Training Academy.

With the motto of "Fusing East and West through tactics; Forging new heights through synergy", the academy aims to promote the sharing of emergency response tactics and experiences among law enforcement agencies from different jurisdictions, thereby further enhancing the CSD's collaboration with them and professional capabilities of each other.

Located at the former Cape Collinson Correctional Institution, the academy offers a wide range of training facilities as well as an authentic correctional institution environment to provide members of law enforcement teams from the Mainland and overseas with professional correctional response tactics training.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Secretary for Security Tang Ping-keung said that the academy stands as a bold testament to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's vision in correctional services - establishing a global hub where knowledge converges, skills are honed and professionalism is elevated.

He added that the academy is poised to become a beacon of tactical mastery. It will provide meticulously crafted training courses for correctional and law enforcement professionals from around the world. It is also a dynamic platform for the exchange of cutting-edge tactics, where experience meets innovation, and where every lesson learned strengthens the fabric of correctional security.

The academy offers tactics training courses that combine both theory and practice, including the Certificate in Safe & Effective Control Tactics, the Certificate in Close Quarter Defense & Control Technique, and other courses relating to correctional response forces' anti-riot tactics.

It also plans to progressively introduce instructor courses, enabling graduates to provide relevant training for other personnel to elevate professional standards in their respective organisations. In addition, the academy will proactively reach out to correctional institutions worldwide to foster learning and exchanges among different jurisdictions.

The first batch of 29 participants from the Mainland, Macau, Brunei, Fiji, Malaysia, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea and Vietnam arrived in Hong Kong yesterday for tactical exchanges with the CSD's response teams and the Certificate in Safe & Effective Control Tactics course.