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Whoever made the decision to get Colt Police Positive Specials, but not get them in the caliber that made them "Special" makes no sense whatsoever to me. It had had to beone of those decisions made at "echelons above reason".
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It might make sense if you already have a few million rounds of .380 (.38 S&W) ammunition lying around, as in British military surplus. In that case, going to a different cartridge would be very reasonable, no matter what supposed advantages the different round might have.
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Wouldn't it seem likely that revolvers purchased for the police force of a British Dependent Territory would be chambered for a standard British cartridge?
I would imagine that the HKP may have also used, at various times, Enfield and Smith and Wesson revolvers that fired the .38-200 cartridge.
I've read that Ruger produced the Speed Six in .38-200 for India.