Anti-riot vehicles equipped with water cannons to begin road tests in Hong Kong and could be ready to disperse protesters in August
ΩDesigned for crowd control and costing more than US$2 million, the Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been stationed in Fanling since May
ΩForce considering spraying liquid dye at radical protesters to make identifying suspects easier, senior police source reveals
29 Jul, 2019
Three controversial anti-riot vehicles armed with water cannons will hit the streets of Hong Kong this week and be ready to handle unrest by mid-August if they pass road tests, the Post has learned. Operational guidelines had been finalised and the force was weighing up whether to use the vehicles to spray liquid dye on radical protesters to make identifying suspects easier, a senior police insider revealed. Designed for crowd control and costing a total of HK$16.59 million (US$2.12 million), the Mercedes-Benz vehicles arrived in the city in May last year and have since been stationed at the Police Tactical Unit headquarters in Fanling for training.
While some top brass want to deploy the new alternative “as soon as possible” in light of escalating violence in recent protests, the armoured cars still need to pass road tests as requested, the insider said.
“A test has been scheduled. We will drive the vehicles onto the streets later this week and test them for several days,” the source said.
“The whole process and examination will take more than a week. If everything goes well, the specialised crowd-management vehicles can be deployed at large-scale assemblies from mid-August at the earliest.”
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3020397/anti-riot-vehicles-equipped-water-cannons-begin-road
https://yp.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/113740/hong-kong-protests-police-test-water-cannon-equipped-anti-riot
警方近日驅散示威者所用的武力正不斷升級，消息稱警方斥資近2千萬元的三輛水炮車，據報已完成演練。《南華早報》今日更報道，指水炮車最快下月（8月）可出動驅散示威者。消息透露，水炮車將會向示威者噴射液體染料，除了為驅散大量的示威者，也為方便警方拘人。
該三輛俗稱「水炮車」的人群管理特別用途車，耗資1,660萬元。本年4月已經「亮相」，保安局向立法會遞交的文件附上水炮車的外貌照片，可見車身配備兩個車頂噴水裝置、360 度攝錄鏡頭、水箱及催淚溶劑儲水缸等設施。
水炮車自今年5月，駐守粉嶺進行演練。有報道指，有關演練已經完成，水炮車將於下月出動處理示威活動。
消息稱，近日連串的示威活動正逐步升級，警方希望以此驅散人群。但由於水炮威力頗大，外界一直擔心屆時有示威者會因此受傷。
根據保安局的指引，當公眾騷亂出現嚴重傷亡、財產被大肆破壞或通過佔用主幹道擾亂或非法堵塞交通，對公共秩序或公眾安全造成重大影響時，便會考慮出動水炮車。當使用的噴水裝置時，警務人員會先作出警告，示意將使用有關裝置。而達到合法目的後，會立即停止使用。
文件介紹，每部水炮車長8米、闊2.55米。車輛設有一個水箱和催淚溶液儲存裝置。頂部配置兩枝專門用作驅散暴力衝擊人士的噴水裝置，而車輛噴出的水柱，有不同的模式及用途。
保安局指，因應行動需要，操作人員可選用噴灑或水柱模式，車輛亦可噴射催淚水劑。車輛有保護性噴水裝置和保護灑水噴嘴，在有需要時可用作防衛噴射和滅火，以保護車輛。此外，車頂設有兩個360度攝錄鏡頭。車輪也配置話音廣播系統，可向示威者發出警方的勸喻、警告或其他訊息。
警務處助理處長（行動）可授權調配水炮車執行相關任務或處候命狀態。現場指揮人員、官階不低於總警司階級，亦可因應相關實際現場情況，請求調配水炮車。
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