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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).
The Commissioner of Police is the head of the Singapore Police Force (SPF). The Commissioner is assisted by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, and reports to the Minister for Home Affairs. 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 ...
The Singapore Police Force was founded in 1820, starting with just 11 men under the command of Francis James Bernard, the son-in-law of William Farquhar. [ 10] With no background nor knowledge on policing, Bernard had to work from scratch, as well as occasionally turning to Farquhar for help.
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.
Human trafficking in Singapore. According to the U.S. Government's Trafficking in Person's (TIP) Report, Singapore is a destination country for foreign victims trafficked for the purpose of labor and commercial sexual exploitation. [ 1] Over the years, victims of trafficking in Singapore have come from many countries throughout Asia such as ...
Gurkha Contingent. Coordinates: 1°20′21.41″N 103°52′44.79″E. Gurkha Contingent soldiers during the 117th IOC Session. The Gurkha Contingent ( GC) is a line department of the Singapore Police Force (SPF) consisting primarily of Gurkhas from Nepal, recruited by the British Army with the purview of the Government of Singapore.
The Special Operations Command (SOC) is a specialist tactical unit of the Singapore Police Force (SPF) specialising in riot control and high-threat incidents. It was formed on 10 September 1992 to unify specialist units into a single strategic reserve force that the regular officers need to call upon in any contingency plan and serious case of public disorder.
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.