| Post: | Commissioner of Police |
| Nativename: | 警務處處長 |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of the Hong Kong Police Force |
| Department: | Security Bureau |
| Incumbent: | Raymond Siu |
| Incumbentsince: | 25 June 2021 |
| Style: | The Honourable |
| Appointer: | Central People's Government (via nomination by the Chief Executive) |
| Inaugural: | Eddie Hui |
| Formation: | 1 July 1997 |
| Website: | Hong Kong Police Force |
The Commissioner of Police heads the Hong Kong Police Force and, in accordance with Section 4 of the Police Force Ordinance, reports to the Chief Executive of Hong Kong and the Security Bureau. As of June 2021, the current commissioner is Raymond Siu Chak-Yee, appointed by the State Council of China.[1]
Commissioners of Police currently are mandated to retire before they reach the age of 57, but may be extended upon exceptional circumstances.[2]
Early heads were often military officers or had previous policing experience in the United Kingdom or other British colonies. Many joined the Force in senior command postings before their promotions. Li is the only Commissioner to rise from lower ranks (as Probationary Sub-Inspector) and Hui joined as a probationary Inspector.
| Under British rule | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Magistrates and Chief of Police | ||||||
| William Caine | 30 April 1841 | 1844 | Captain | |||
| George Thomas Haly | Feb 1844 | Captain; Acting Superintendent of Police and officer with the 41st Madras Native Infantry | ||||
| John Bruce | Mar 1844 | Acting Superintendent of Police and officer with the 18th Royal Irish | ||||
| Captain Superintendent of Police | ||||||
| Charles May | 1844/45? | 1860/62? | Superintendent of A Division of the Metropolitan Police | |||
| Edmund Haythorne | 1860 | 1862 | British Army officer | |||
| William Quinn | 1862 | 1866/67? | Member of Bombay Police and first police officer to head Hong Kong Police[3] | |||
| Walter Meredith Deane | 1866/67? | 1892 | Cadet Officer from Britain sent to head force[4] | |||
| Alexander H. Adam Gordon | 1892 | 1893 | Major-General; Superintendent of Victoria Gaol | |||
| Francis Henry May | 1893 | 1901/02? | Cadet Officer and the Assistant Colonial Secretary | |||
| Joseph Francis Badeley | 1901/02? | 1913 | Cadet Officer and Colonial civil servant[5] | |||
| Charles Messer | 1913 | 1918 | Cadet Officer and Colonial civil servant[6] | |||
| Edward Dudley Corscaden Wolfe | 1918 | 1930 | Cadet Officer and Colonial civil servant[7] | |||
| Inspector General of Police | ||||||
| Edward Dudley Corscaden Wolfe | 1930 | 1934 | ||||
| Thomas Henry King | 1934 | 1935/38? | Cadet Officer and Colonial civil servant[8] | |||
| Commissioner of Police | ||||||
| Thomas Henry King | 1935/38? | 1940/41? | ||||
| John Pennefather-Evans | April 1940/1941? | 25 December 1941 | served in the police force of the Federated Malay States | |||
| Under Japanese Rule | ||||||
| Captain of the Hong Kong Kempeitai | ||||||
| Kennosuke Noma | 25 December 1941 | 18 January 1945 | Executed as a war criminal in 1947 | |||
| Under British rule | ||||||
| Commissioner of Police | ||||||
| Charles Henry Sansom | 1945 | 1946 | Colonel; British Military Administration | |||
| Duncan William McIntosh | 1946 | 1954 | former Deputy Commissioner of Police of Singapore | |||
| Arthur Crawford Maxwell | 1953 | 1959 | police officer in Malaya and Commissioner of Police of Sarawak in 1947-1949; Deputy Commissioner with Hong Kong Force in 1949[9] | |||
| Henry Heath | April 1 1959 | December 18 1966 | Member of Hong Kong Force[10] | |||
| Edward Tyrer | December 19 1966 | July 21 1967 | Member of Hong Kong Force[11] | |||
| Edward Eates | July 22 1967 | 1969 | joined force in 1963 as Assistant Commissioner following police service in Pakistan, Sierra Leone and Gambia[12] | |||
| Charles Payne Sutcliffe | 1969 | January 13 1974 | previous served in Metropolitan Police, Tanganyika; joined Hong Kong Police as Assistant Commissioner in 1960 | |||
| Brian Slevin | January 14 1974 | March 25 1979 | formerly Deputy Commissioner[13] | |||
| Roy Henry | March 25 1979 | April 15 1985 | joined force in 1973; previous colonial police officer in Malaysia and Commissioner of Police in Fiji | |||
| Raymon Anning | 15 April 1985 | 1 December 1989 | served with Metropolitan Police and other British forces; joined Hong Kong Police in 1983 | |||
| Li Kwan-ha | 2 December 1989 | 2 July 1994 | joined force as Probationary Sub-Inspector in 1957 | |||
| Eddie Hui | 3 July 1994 | 30 June 1997 | joined force as Probationary Inspector | |||
| Under Chinese rule | ||||||
| Commissioner of Police | ||||||
| Eddie Hui | 1 July 1997 | 1 January 2001 | ||||
| Tsang Yam-pui | 2 January 2001 | 9 December 2003 | ||||
| Lee Ming-kwai | 10 December 2003 | 15 January 2007 | ||||
| Tang King-shing | 16 January 2007 | 10 January 2011 | ||||
| Andy Tsang | 11 January 2011 | 3 May 2015 | ||||
| Stephen Lo | 4 May 2015 | 18 November 2019 | ||||
| Chris Tang | 19 November 2019 | 25 June 2021 | ||||
| Raymond Siu | 25 June 2021 | Incumbent | ||||