A Police Inspector will be deployed on various duties, including supervisory and operational duties, covering all aspects of police work. He/she will be subject to discipline under the Police Force Ordinance and is required to wear uniform and to work in shifts.

(a)(i) a Hong Kong Degree, or equivalent, with "Level 1" results in the two language papers ("Use of Chinese" and "Use of English") in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE) [See Notes (3) to (5)] [Entry point: Police Pay Scale Point 25 ($35,335 per month) See Note (6)]; or (ii) a Hong Kong Degree, or a Higher Diploma from a Hong Kong polytechnic/polytechnic university/ Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education/ technical college, or an accredited Associate Degree from a Hong Kong tertiary institution, or a Diploma from a registered post-secondary college awarded after the date of its registration, or equivalent, and Level 2 or above in Chinese Language and English Language in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSEE) or the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE), or equivalent; or have a pass in the English Language Proficiency Test and Chinese Language Proficiency Test for Police Inspector recruitment exercise, or equivalent [Entry point : Police Pay Scale Point 24($34,300 per month)]; or (iii) A pass in two subjects at Advanced Level in the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (2A) plus three other subjects at Grade C or above in the HKCEE (3O), or a combination of results in five Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) subjects of Level 3 in New Senior Secondary (NSS) subjects, “Attained with Distinction” in Applied Learning (ApL) subjects (subject to a maximum of two ApL subjects) and Grade C in Other Language subjects, or equivalent and Level 2 or above in Chinese Language and English Language in HKDSEE or HKCEE or equivalent; or have a pass in the English Language Proficiency Test and Chinese Language Proficiency Test for Police Inspector recruitment exercise or equivalent. [Entry point : Police Pay Scale Point 23 ($33,275 per month)]; (b) be able to read and write Chinese and speak fluent Cantonese; (c) minimum physical standards as follows:- Male : height 163 cm, weight 50 kg; Female : height 152 cm, weight 42 kg; physical fitness test is a pre-requisite; (d) pass an initial eyesight test without the aid of any eyesight correction tools; and (e) must be permanent resident of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and have resided in Hong Kong for at least seven years.