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 work shifts and / or irregular hours and work in an area outside the HKSAR.

(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) (Notes 3 to 6) [Entry point: Police Pay Scale Point 25 ($40,225 per month) (Note 7)]; 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 (Note 8) 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 (Note 3), or equivalent [Entry point : Police Pay Scale Point 24 ($39,050 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 (Note 8) 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 (Note 3) or equivalent. [Entry point : Police Pay Scale Point 23 ($37,885 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.