Generally,
law enforcement in Singapore comes under the direct purview of the
Singapore Police ForceThe Singapore Police Force is the main agency tasked with maintaining law and order 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...
, the main
governmentThe Government of Singapore is defined by the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore to mean the Executive branch of government, which is made up of the President and the Cabinet of Singapore. Although the President acts in his personal discretion in the exercise of certain functions as a check...
agency entrusted with the maintenance of law and order in
SingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, lying north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands. At , Singapore is a microstate and the smallest nation in Southeast...
. Assisting the police force, are a range of governmental as well as private sector organisations and companies who engage in specialised roles and allow the main force to concentrate on their main public policing roles. In addition, the strong emphasis on
community policingCommunity policing or neighborhood policing is a policing strategy and philosophy based on the notion that community interaction and support can help control crime and reduce fear, with community members helping to identify suspects, detain vandals and bring problems to the attention of police.-...
since the 1980s has attempted to promote a culture in which the man in the street can partake and contribute directly in law enforcement efforts.
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Generally,
law enforcement in Singapore comes under the direct purview of the
Singapore Police ForceThe Singapore Police Force is the main agency tasked with maintaining law and order 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...
, the main
governmentThe Government of Singapore is defined by the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore to mean the Executive branch of government, which is made up of the President and the Cabinet of Singapore. Although the President acts in his personal discretion in the exercise of certain functions as a check...
agency entrusted with the maintenance of law and order in
SingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, lying north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands. At , Singapore is a microstate and the smallest nation in Southeast...
. Assisting the police force, are a range of governmental as well as private sector organisations and companies who engage in specialised roles and allow the main force to concentrate on their main public policing roles. In addition, the strong emphasis on
community policingCommunity policing or neighborhood policing is a policing strategy and philosophy based on the notion that community interaction and support can help control crime and reduce fear, with community members helping to identify suspects, detain vandals and bring problems to the attention of police.-...
since the 1980s has attempted to promote a culture in which the man in the street can partake and contribute directly in law enforcement efforts.
Agencies
Besides the Singapore Police Force, other government agencies also enforce specific laws as follows:
1) Central Narcotics Bureau, dealing with drug related offences
2) Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, involved in prosecuting immigration related offences
3) Employment Inspectorate Department, Ministry of Manpower, which deals with violations of manpower regulations like the employment of illegal immigrants.
Auxiliary police forces
The government agencies are augmented by the
auxiliary policeAuxiliary police are usually the part-time reserves of a regular police force. They may be armed or unarmed. They may be unpaid volunteers or paid members of the police service with which they are affiliated.In some jurisdictions, auxiliary police have police powers only during an emergency...
forces, which are private companies with officers certified to perform security-related duties with arms.