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The Home Team Academy (HTA) is the training institute for various organisations of the Ministry of Home Affairs in Singapore, including the Singapore Police Force, the Singapore Civil Defence Force, the Central Narcotics Bureau, the Singapore Prison Service, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, and the Internal Security Department, amongst other agencies.
The Police Academy at its Thomson Road location first functioned as the permanent home of what was then known as the Police Depot in 1929. [1] It continued to serve as a police training ground when the Police Depot was renamed the Police Training School in 1945, and during the period from 16 September 1963 to 9 August 1965 when Singapore was part of Malaysia and the school was named Sekolah ...
The accommodation barracks and training facilities of the Old Police academy currently houses the training departments for all auxiliary police forces in Singapore. Geylang Police Division ( 01°19′35″N 103°53′26″E / 1.32639°N 103.89056°E / 1.32639; 103.89056 ) defunct 'C' Division HQ – closed and vacated in 2000, areas ...
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.
Following Singapore's successful elections of 1959, the new government, among other policies, began to pressure the Singapore Police Force (SPF) to form a youth unit on the lines of the long serving military cadet organisations of the island.
As a result, a new form of volunteer organisation, the Civil Defence Auxiliary Unit, was created to provide an immediate pool of ready personnel. Modelled from the Singapore Police Force’s Volunteer Special Constabulary (VSC) scheme of service, members of the CDAU are given the same status and authority of regular SCDF officers. They are ...
Queensway Base is the police installation that is home to the Special Operations Command (SOC), a front line department within the Singapore Police Force (SPF). [1] It is situated directly across Queensway, and was formerly the Old Queenstown Police Station.
Enforcement Sector 1 covers the geographical boundaries served by the Singapore Police Force's 'A' , 'E' , and 'G' divisions, as well as Marine and Airport. Enforcement Sector 2 covers the geographical boundaries served by SPF's 'F' ( Ang Mo Kio ), 'J' ( Jurong ) and 'L' (Woodlands ) divisions, as well as Tuas and Woodlands Checkpoints.