[2] The Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force was officially established in 1957 with the merger of the 'Special' and 'Reserve' formations which had been in intermittent existence since the 1880s.

The part-timers were formally established in 1914[1] as the Police Reserve unit, when numerous full-time officers returned to Europe to fight in the World War I.

[3] Today the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force forms an about 4,500 reserves of manpower to assist in times of natural disaster or civil emergency.

The rank structure of the HKAPF:[4] Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force members are trained in the use of, and issued, the same equipment and weapons same as its regular counterpart.

Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force uniform are the same as those worn by the HKP: Ranks from constables to sergeant consists of numbers begin with the letter A.