In addition, he held multiple roles as magistrate, chief jailer, harbour master, marine storekeeper, as well as personal assistants to Farquhar. With no background nor knowledge on policing, Bernard had to work from scratch, as well as occasionally turning to Farquhar for help. The Force was formed in 1820, with a skeleton force of 11 men under the command of Francis James Bernard, son-in-law of William Farquhar. The Singapore Police Force is as old as modern Singapore. This section needs expansion with: history after 1900 and post-independence Singapore. Īs of 2019, the SPF has a strength of approximately 11,263 personnel: 9,636 sworn officers and 1,627 civilian staff. Situated within the headquarters building is the Police Heritage Centre (PHC), which is open to the public and showcases the SPF's history through various exhibits and multimedia displays.
The headquarters is located in a block at New Phoenix Park in Novena, adjacent to a twin block occupied by the Ministry of Home Affairs. There are currently sixteen staff departments, four specialist staff departments, and eighteen specialist and line units, including seven land divisions. The organisational structure of the SPF is split between the staff and line functions, roughly modelled after the military. It is Singapore's point of contact for foreign agencies such as Interpol and other international law enforcement agencies. The mission of the SPF is to prevent, deter and detect crime to ensure the safety and security of Singapore. įormerly known as the Republic of Singapore Police ( RSP), the SPF is a uniformed organisation. It is the city-state's lead agency against organised crime human, weapon trafficking cyber crime and economic crime that goes across domestic and international borders, but can be tasked to investigate any crime under the purview of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The Singapore Police Force ( abbreviation: SPF) is the national law enforcement agency of Singapore.
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