Joe Chow Yat-ming, (Chinese: 周一鳴; born 1973) is the current Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of management since 28 April 2022[1]. He previously served as Senior Assistant Commissioner of the Hong Kong Police Force. He replaced the retiring incumbent Kwok Yam-shu[2].

Joe Chow Yat Ming

Career

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Mr Chow Yat-ming, Joe joined the Force in 1995 as an Inspector of Police. He has a wealth of experience in criminal investigation, intelligence gathering work and policy-making at divisional, district, regional and headquarters levels. In 2010, Chow was promoted to Superintendent and served in the Crime Wing Headquarters. Between 2012 and 2013, he was seconded to Interpol General Secretariat in Lyon, France as a Criminal Intelligence Officer.


In 2013, soon after Chow got promoted to Senior Superintendent, he took up the office of Criminal Intelligence Bureau as the deputy in command. In just two years, he further advanced to Chief Superintendent and commanded the bureau.


In 2017, Mr CHOW served as the District Commander of Yau Tsim District and was subsequently appointed as the Deputy Regional Commander of Kowloon West Region in early 2019.  During his tenure in Kowloon West Region, he handled the Polytechnic University Siege[3] in November 2019.  He was promoted to Assistant Commissioner in February 2020 and in charge of the Operations Wing and then the Personnel Wing. In January 2021, he was promoted to Senior Assistant Commissioner and worked as the Director of Personnel and Training. In August 2021, he took up the office of the Director of Crime and Security.


In April 2022, Mr CHOW was appointed as the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Management).  

Reference section

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  1. ^ "Police appoint Chow Yat-ming as deputy commissioner - RTHK". news.rthk.hk. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  2. ^ "Police work 'a mission, not a job' for outgoing Hong Kong deputy chief". South China Morning Post. 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  3. ^ Standard, The. "PolyU siege commander appointed as Deputy Commissioner of Police". The Standard. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
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