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===Police Officers=== ===Police Officers===


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===Senior Police Officers=== ===Senior Police Officers===

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The Republic of Singapore Police Force, as the main agency tasked with maintaining law and order in the city-state, has consistantly managed to keep Singapore's crime rate low.

Manpower

As at 31st of March 2004, the total strength of the force stands at 36,786, borken down into the following categories:

  • 8035 Regular Officers
  • 1238 Civilian Officers
  • 4104 Police National Service full-time (PNSF)
  • 22311 Police National Servicemen (PNSmen)
  • 1098 Volunteer Special Constabulary (VSC) Officers

Ranks

A standard rank structure is used throughout the police force, although some ranks may be unique to specific organisations. These ranks are denoted where applicable in the following list, which lists them in ascending seniority:

Police Officers

Rank Abbreviation Regular NSF VSC Gurkha
Trainee T T/??? T/??? T/CPL T/???
Constable PC
PC Special Constable SC
SC
Lance Corporal LCP
LCP
Corporal CPL CPL SC/CPL CPL (V) CPL
Sergeant SGT SGT SC/SGT SGT (V) SGT
Staff Sergeant SSGT SSGT SC/SSGT SSGT (V) SSGT
Senior Staff Sergeant SSSGT SSSGT
SSSGT (V) SSSGT
Station Inspector SI SI
SI (V) SI
Senior Station Inspector SSI SSI
SSI (V) SSI
Senior Station Inspector (2) SSI SSI
SSI (V) SSI

Senior Police Officers

Police National Service officers are known as National Service Police Inspectors, and hence while they wear the normal Inspector rank, their rank is writtern as "NSPI"

Organisation

Staff Departments

  • Administration and Finance Department (A&F)
  • Commercial Affairs Department (CAD)
  • Criminal Investigation Department (CID)
  • Manpower Department (MPD)
  • Operations Department
  • Planning and Organisation Department (P&O)
  • Police Intelligence Department (PID)
  • Police Logistics Department (PLD)
  • Police National Service Department (PNSD)
  • Police Technology Department (PTD)
  • Public Affairs Department (PAD)
  • Security Command (SecCom)
  • Service Development and Inspectorate Department (SDI)
  • Volunteer Special Constabulary (VSC)

Line Units

  • Ang Mo Kio Police Division ('F' Division)
  • Bedok Police Division ('G' Division)
  • Central Police Division ('A' Division)
  • Clementi Police Division ('D' Division)
  • Jurong Police Division ('J' Division)
  • Tanglin Police Division ('E' Division)
  • Airport Police division (APD)
  • Police Coast Guard (PCG)
  • Special Operations Command (SOC)
  • Traffic Police Department
  • Training Command (TRACOM)

External Auxiliary Police Organisations

  • Aetos Security Management Private Limited Auxiliary Police Force
  • Changi International Airport Services (CIAS) Auxiliary Police Division
  • Commercial & Industrial Security Corporation (CISCO) Auxiliary Police Force
  • PSA Auxiliary Police Force
  • Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS) Auxiliary Police Force

External Links

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