Dover joined the Royal Hong Kong Police Force in 1988 as Inspector.[2] In 2002, Dover, as a Chief Inspector, was transferred to head the
Airport Security Unit.[6] Dover was involved in policing the
2014 Hong Kong protests (Umbrella Revolution).[7] In 2016, he received the Chief Executive's Commendation for Government/Public Service.[8][9]
In 2019, he commanded the police response to protests about a proposed extradition law on
12 June when the protesters surrounded the
Legislative Council Complex in an attempt to stall the bill's second reading.[10] Dover and other officers, particularly non-Chinese, were criticised for their handling of the protests while also targeted with harassment and
doxing.[11][12][13]
In February 2020, Dover was promoted to
Assistant Commissioner of Police and took over the position of Regional Commander,
Kowloon West following the retirement of Michael Cheuk Hau Yip (卓孝業).[2][14] Dover is retiring from the police force in 2024.[15][16]
On 29 April 2020, in a
tabloid-style investigation[17] during which two
Next Magazine journalists were arrested on allegations of loitering,[18][19] it was alleged that Dover's house, and another property linked to Dover, in a village in
Clear Water Bay Peninsula had extant violations of building regulations. The property is built on government land, on conditions where residents are prohibited from selling, trading, or leasing out their houses.[20]
On 4 May, the
Lands Department sent ten officials to inspect Dover's home to investigate.[21] On 26 May, the Land Department substantiated the allegations of illicit expansion works at Dover's residence, giving the licence holder one month to rectify the situation with respect to the illegal structures.[22] Police Commissioner
Chris Tang has accused Apple Daily's investigations on senior officers as being retaliation for the
18 April arrest of the paper's founder
Jimmy Lai.[23]
Personal life
Rupert Dover is married to Cheung Ngar-sze (
Chinese: 張雅詩;[24] also known as Sze Dover), a sergeant in the Hong Kong Police Force.[25][26]
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Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2020. [...]在英國大學竟然是讀考古學。
^"Hong Kong protest leader confronts British officer", Richard Lloyd Parry, The Times, 9 July 2019, p. 26.
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^Wan, Hiu-ping 溫曉平, ed. (3 January 2024).
"鎮壓反送中外籍「主將」陶輝退休 許智峯促交待612開槍決定" [Rupert Dover, the foreign "chief general" in suppressing the anti-extradition movement, retired; Ted Hui urged him to explain the decision of 612 shooting] (in Chinese).
Radio Free Asia. Archived from
the original on 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
^"報道引述許智峯形容陶輝「政權劊子手」 警去信媒體不滿予逃犯發布" [The report quoted Rupert Dover describing Tao Hui as "the executioner of the regime". The police wrote to the media dissatisfied with the fugitive's publishing of untrue remarks.]. am730 (in Chinese). 4 January 2024. Archived from
the original on 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.