The Macao Public Security Forces Academy (ESFSM) continues to focus on Macau’s security personnel development, and a total of 30 students successfully completed more than four years of study and internships during the senior police and fire officer training course, ESFSM Director Wong Chi Fai announced during yesterday’s graduation ceremony.
The graduation ceremony for the “8th Command and Leadership Course and the inauguration ceremony for the 18th Training Course for Senior Officers of the Police and Fire Services” were jointly held in the auditorium of the tertiary education institution in Coloane Village yesterday.
Among the graduates, 20 were awarded bachelor’s degrees in Police Administration and took office as deputy superintendents, while 10 received bachelor’s degrees in Protection and Safety Engineering and assumed roles as deputy senior fire officers, Wong said, adding that the graduates are now formally entrusted with the responsibility of protecting the lives and property of the public.
Meanwhile, in response to the demands of societal development and to build a reserve of high-level command talent for Macau’s public security system, a six-month command and leadership course for senior officers was launched last year, and 10 officers from the Macao Customs Service, Public Security Police (PSP), and Fire Services Bureau (CB) have successfully completed the programme, Wong said. The 10 officers attended yesterday’s ceremonies.
Wong added that the course was structured into two main areas (academic and practical) covering subjects such as strategic management, crisis management, public finance, and civil defence planning, aiming to enhance the students’ leadership, decision-making, and crisis response capabilities in addressing public security challenges. According to Wong, the participants also travelled to Chongqing Municipality for field studies on cutting-edge developments in smart policing and smart customs technology.
In a strategic move to cultivate high-quality personnel for the security forces, Wong noted that his academy, in collaboration with the University of Macau (UM), launched the inaugural Master of Social Sciences (Public Security Management) degree in 2025, along with Science in Fire Safety and Disaster Response, which marks a new milestone in postgraduate education within Macau’s security sector.
Macao Public Security Forces Academy (ESFSM) Director Wong Chi Fai addresses yesterday’s graduation ceremony for the 8th Command and Leadership Course and the inauguration ceremony for 18th Training Course for Senior Officers of the Police and Fire Services” at the ESFSM auditorium in Coloane Village. – Photo: Ida Cheong
