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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: 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:


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* Administration and Finance Department (A&F) * Administration and Finance Department (A&F)
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* Ang Mo Kio Police Division ('F' Division) * Ang Mo Kio Police Division ('F' Division)
* Bedok Police Division ('G' Division) * Bedok Police Division ('G' Division)
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* Training Command (TRACOM) * Training Command (TRACOM)
==External Auxiliary Police Organisations== ==External auxiliary police organisations==


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Revision as of 22:50, 23 November 2004

Singapore Police Force Logo
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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, broken 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 Trainee Regular NSF VSC Gurkha
Constable PC T/PC NA NA NA PC
Special Constable SC T/SC NA SC NA NA
Lance Corporal LCP T/LCP NA NA NA LCP
Corporal CPL T/CPL CPL SC/CPL CPL (V) CPL
Sergeant SGT T/SCT SGT SC/SGT SGT (V) SGT
Staff Sergeant SSGT NA SSGT SC/SSGT SSGT (V) SSGT
Senior Staff Sergeant SSSGT NA SSSGT NA SSSGT (V) SSSGT
Station Inspector SI NA SI NA SI (V) SI
Senior Station Inspector SSI NA SSI NA SSI (V) SSI
Senior Station Inspector (2) SSI (2) NA SSI (2) NA NA SSI (2)

Senior police officers

Rank Abbreviation Trainee Regular NSF VSC Gurkha
Inspector INSP OCT(NSF),

T/INSP

INSP NSPI / NSI INSP (V) INSP
Chief Inspector NA NA NA NA NA C/INSP
Assistant Superintendent ASP T/ASP ASP NA ASP (V) ASP
Deputy Superintendent DSP NA DSP NA DSP (V) DSP
Superintendent SUPT NA SUPT NA NA NA
Deputy Assistant Commissioner DAC NA DAC NA NA NA
Assistant Commissioner AC NA AC NA NA AC
Senior Assistant Commissioner SAC NA SAC NA NA NA
Deputy Commissioner DC NA DC NA NA NA
Commissioner CP NA CP NA NA NA

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

External links

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