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A TransCom officer surveying human traffic in the immediate hours after the 2010 New Year's Day celebrations at City Hall MRT station. The human traffic shown on the video screen is fed from a surveillance camera. The Public Transport Security Command (TransCom) is a specialised transit police unit of the Singapore Police Force (SPF).
Maxwell Chambers Suites, formerly known as the Traffic Police Headquarters or the Traffic Police Building, and later as the Red Dot Traffic Building, is a historic building on Maxwell Road in Chinatown, Singapore. It initially served as the Police Barracks and the headquarters of the Traffic Police branch of the Singapore Police Force, which ...
On 14 April 2005, the Singapore Police Force made a public announcement on its plans to step-up rail security [2] by establishing a new specialised then known as the Police MRT Unit. These armed officers began visible patrols on the MRT and LRT systems on 15 August 2005, conducting random patrols in pairs in and around rail stations and within ...
The Volunteer Special Constabulary (VSC) in Singapore comprises volunteers from the general public. VSC officers are imbued with equal powers of a regular police officer to enforce law and order in Singapore. They wear the same police uniform as police officers as they patrol the streets and participate in public outreach events.
A Singaporean police vehicle. In Singapore, law enforcement is principally led by the Singapore Police Force (SPF), and supported by other agencies including the Singapore Prison Service, Central Narcotics Bureau, Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau, Internal Security Department, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, and Singapore Customs.
Those joining the senior police officers require a basic degree from a recognised university. [53] Alternatively, police officers from the junior ranks may also be considered for promotion into the senior ranks. [54] Officers serving in the force as national servicemen are also regularly considered for absorption into the regular scheme.
The current Commissioner of Police is Hoong Wee Teck. The position was created with the Police Act of 1856 (and passed in 1857), in response to calls for a full-time dedicated police officer to helm the police force in response to escalating cases of violent crime in Singapore during that period.
Khoo Boon Hui (Chinese: 邱文晖; pinyin: Qiū Wénhuī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khu Bûn-hui; born 1954) is a Singaporean former police officer who has been serving as Senior Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Home Affairs. Khoo served as President of Interpol from 2008 to 2012, and Commissioner of Police from 1997 to 2010. [1]