Although ACP Ko's work leaned more toward administration and civilian duties, she was a bona fide commanding officer in the Operations Department.
As the Police Force's largest branch, the Operations Department did far more than simply account for half the force.
Over seventy percent of the entire Police Force's personnel and firearms fell under its jurisdiction.
Outside Tai Kwun, the Operations Department's operational arm oversaw the five land regions, as well as the Marine Police region.
Within Tai Kwun, its operational arm also had several specialist divisions.
These even included the Mobile Unit, the most elite department in the entire Police Force on an overall level.
In terms of small elite units, the Criminal Operations Division, which Zhou Quan had personally trained and established, and departments such as the Flying Tigers were indeed the Police Force's finest.
But the Criminal Operations Division's numbers were limited, while the Flying Tigers were the Special Duties Unit under the Mobile Unit.
Thus, taken as a whole, the Mobile Unit was the Police Force's strongest force, the first blade brought to bear against crime.
Yet even so, the Mobile Unit was not even directly subordinate to the Operations Department, but came under its operational arm.
Besides its operational arm, the Operations Department also oversaw the Support Department.
This included not only officers and departments whose work leaned toward civilian duties, such as ACP Ko and the Public Relations Department, but also the Auxiliary Police Department, which numbered in the thousands.
That was precisely why the head of Operations was almost guaranteed to become the next Number One.
Unless, like the current DCP Operations, he was approaching Honourable Retirement just as Management DCP Wong was.
Otherwise, provided DCP Operations had no serious problems with his stance and did not violate Hong Kong Island's laws and