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The Clementi Police Division (or 'D' Division, Chinese
Chinese language

Chinese or the Sinitic language is a language family consisting of language mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan languages of languages....
: ?????) is a police division
Police division

A division was until recently the usual term for the largest territorial subdivision of most British police forces, similar to a police station in United States city police departments, and is still used in some forces....
 of the Singapore Police Force
Singapore Police Force

The Singapore Police Force is the main agency tasked with Law enforcement in Singapore in the city-state. Formerly known as the Republic of Singapore Police , it has grown from an 11-man organisation to a 38,587 strong force....
. Covering the south-wested parts of Singapore
Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
, it controls an area of about 70 square kilometres which includes all or part of Bukit Merah
Bukit Merah

File:Redhill town.jpgBukit Merah is a hill in Singapore. Previously, it was a much larger hill that was situated at the present site of Henderson housing estate, which lies opposite the Delta Sports Complex....
, Bukit Timah
Bukit Timah

File:Bukit Timah.jpgBukit Timah is a hill in Singapore which stands at an altitude of 163.63 metres and is the highest point in the city-state of Singapore....
, Clementi
Clementi, Singapore

Clementi is a List of Towns, Estates and Neighbourhoods in Singapore in Singapore, located in the west between Jurong and Dover, Singapore, and commonly refers to the Housing and Development Board's housing estate of Clementi New Town....
, Queenstown
Queenstown, Singapore

Queenstown1 is one of the early housing estates in Singapore, built before Toa Payoh and Ang Mo Kio, and was a test bed for much of Singapore's public housing....
, Jurong East
Jurong East

File:Viewofjurongeastmrtstationfromjurongeastst13.jpgFile:Je-town.JPGFile:Jurongeaststreet13viewfromblock124.JPGFile:Jurongpolyclinic.jpgFile:Jurongeastbuildings.JPG...
, as well as off-shore islands such as Sentosa
Sentosa

Sentosa, which means peace and tranquillity in Malay language, is a popular island resort in Singapore, visited by some five million people a year....
 and Jurong Island
Jurong Island

Jurong Island is a artificial island located to the southwest of the main island of Singapore, off Jurong Industrial Estate. It was formed from the amalgamation of several offshore islands, chiefly the seven main islands of Pulau Ayer Chawan, Pulau Ayer Merbau, Pulau Merlimau, Pulau Pesek, Pulau Pesek Kecil, Pulau Sakra and Pulau Seraya....
. Four Neighbourhood Police Centre
Neighbourhood Police Centre

A Neighbourhood Police Centre is a mid-sized police station in Singapore, introduced in 1997 to replace the Singapore Police Force's Neighbourhood Police Post system....
s (NPC) and 11 Neighbourhood Police Post
Neighbourhood Police Post

A Neighbourhood Police Post is a small police station in Singapore modelled after the Japanese Koban system, whereby police presence is enhanced in the neighbourhoods with the aid of a high number of smaller police establishments....
s (NPP) comes under the management of the Division.

Division was first formed in 1964 with its headquarters at Queenstown Police Station
Singapore Police Force

The Singapore Police Force is the main agency tasked with Law enforcement in Singapore in the city-state. Formerly known as the Republic of Singapore Police , it has grown from an 11-man organisation to a 38,587 strong force....
, Queenstown
Queenstown, Singapore

Queenstown1 is one of the early housing estates in Singapore, built before Toa Payoh and Ang Mo Kio, and was a test bed for much of Singapore's public housing....
, which was sited directly across the road from the Police Reserve Unit 2
Police Tactical Unit (Singapore)

The Police Tactical Unit is a paramilitary specialist unit of the Singapore Police Force and comes under the direct command of the Special Operations Command ....
 stationed at Queensway Base
Queensway Base

Queensway Base is home of Special Operations Command , part of the Singapore Police Force . This place is gazetted as a protected place and is situated directly across the road from the Singapore Police Force#Defunct Units/Facilities....
.






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The Clementi Police Division (or 'D' Division, Chinese
Chinese language

Chinese or the Sinitic language is a language family consisting of language mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan languages of languages....
: ?????) is a police division
Police division

A division was until recently the usual term for the largest territorial subdivision of most British police forces, similar to a police station in United States city police departments, and is still used in some forces....
 of the Singapore Police Force
Singapore Police Force

The Singapore Police Force is the main agency tasked with Law enforcement in Singapore in the city-state. Formerly known as the Republic of Singapore Police , it has grown from an 11-man organisation to a 38,587 strong force....
. Covering the south-wested parts of Singapore
Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
, it controls an area of about 70 square kilometres which includes all or part of Bukit Merah
Bukit Merah

File:Redhill town.jpgBukit Merah is a hill in Singapore. Previously, it was a much larger hill that was situated at the present site of Henderson housing estate, which lies opposite the Delta Sports Complex....
, Bukit Timah
Bukit Timah

File:Bukit Timah.jpgBukit Timah is a hill in Singapore which stands at an altitude of 163.63 metres and is the highest point in the city-state of Singapore....
, Clementi
Clementi, Singapore

Clementi is a List of Towns, Estates and Neighbourhoods in Singapore in Singapore, located in the west between Jurong and Dover, Singapore, and commonly refers to the Housing and Development Board's housing estate of Clementi New Town....
, Queenstown
Queenstown, Singapore

Queenstown1 is one of the early housing estates in Singapore, built before Toa Payoh and Ang Mo Kio, and was a test bed for much of Singapore's public housing....
, Jurong East
Jurong East

File:Viewofjurongeastmrtstationfromjurongeastst13.jpgFile:Je-town.JPGFile:Jurongeaststreet13viewfromblock124.JPGFile:Jurongpolyclinic.jpgFile:Jurongeastbuildings.JPG...
, as well as off-shore islands such as Sentosa
Sentosa

Sentosa, which means peace and tranquillity in Malay language, is a popular island resort in Singapore, visited by some five million people a year....
 and Jurong Island
Jurong Island

Jurong Island is a artificial island located to the southwest of the main island of Singapore, off Jurong Industrial Estate. It was formed from the amalgamation of several offshore islands, chiefly the seven main islands of Pulau Ayer Chawan, Pulau Ayer Merbau, Pulau Merlimau, Pulau Pesek, Pulau Pesek Kecil, Pulau Sakra and Pulau Seraya....
. Four Neighbourhood Police Centre
Neighbourhood Police Centre

A Neighbourhood Police Centre is a mid-sized police station in Singapore, introduced in 1997 to replace the Singapore Police Force's Neighbourhood Police Post system....
s (NPC) and 11 Neighbourhood Police Post
Neighbourhood Police Post

A Neighbourhood Police Post is a small police station in Singapore modelled after the Japanese Koban system, whereby police presence is enhanced in the neighbourhoods with the aid of a high number of smaller police establishments....
s (NPP) comes under the management of the Division.

History

'D' Division was first formed in 1964 with its headquarters at Queenstown Police Station
Singapore Police Force

The Singapore Police Force is the main agency tasked with Law enforcement in Singapore in the city-state. Formerly known as the Republic of Singapore Police , it has grown from an 11-man organisation to a 38,587 strong force....
, Queenstown
Queenstown, Singapore

Queenstown1 is one of the early housing estates in Singapore, built before Toa Payoh and Ang Mo Kio, and was a test bed for much of Singapore's public housing....
, which was sited directly across the road from the Police Reserve Unit 2
Police Tactical Unit (Singapore)

The Police Tactical Unit is a paramilitary specialist unit of the Singapore Police Force and comes under the direct command of the Special Operations Command ....
 stationed at Queensway Base
Queensway Base

Queensway Base is home of Special Operations Command , part of the Singapore Police Force . This place is gazetted as a protected place and is situated directly across the road from the Singapore Police Force#Defunct Units/Facilities....
. This base also provided accommodations for off-duty single male officers then. Changing demographies and the rapid development of the suburbs resulted in the shifting of the divisional headquarters to its present location in Clementi
Clementi

Clementi can refer to:*Muzio Clementi , an Italian/English composer*Sir Cecil Clementi , a British colonial administrator and the Governor of Hong Kong from 1925 to 1930...
 in 1987.

'D' Division was the first division in which the NPC system was implemented and went on trial. The first such NPC, Queenstown Neighbourhood Police Centre, opened its doors on 1 October 1997 before being officially opened by Mr Wong Kang Seng, Minister for Home Affairs, on 20 December 1997. Operating from a temporary site beside the Queenstown MRT Station
Queenstown MRT Station

'Queenstown MRT Station' is an Mass Rapid Transit #Above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West MRT Line in Singapore. It is sandwiched between the 38-storey Queens condominium and the new 43-storey Housing and Development Board flats on the opposite side of the rail track....
, it is slated to move to a new site co-located with the new fire station of the Singapore Civil Defence Force
Singapore Civil Defence Force

The Singapore Civil Defence Force is the main agency in charge of the provision of emergency services in Singapore during peacetime and emergency....
. The other three NPCs has since moved into permanent buildings, although the Clementi Neighbourhood Police Centre was setup at the existing facilities of the Clementi Police Station now co-located with the division headquarters.

Establishments

  • Clementi Police Divisional Headquarters
    • Bukit Merah West Neighbourhood Police Centre
    • Clementi Neighbourhood Police Centre
    • Jurong East Neighbourhood Police Centre
    • Queenstown Neighbourhood Police Centre
      • Alexandra Neighbourhood Police Post
      • Ayer Rajah Neighbourhood Police Post
      • Bukit Timah Neighbourhood Police Post
      • Buona Vista Neighbourhood Police Post
      • Clementi Neighbourhood Police Post
      • Commonwealth Neighbourhood Police Post
      • Dover Neighbourhood Police Post
      • Pasir Panjang Neighbourhood Police Post
      • Telok Blangah Neighbourhood Police Post
      • Ulu Pandan Neighbourhood Police Post
      • West Coast Neighbourhood Police Post


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