National Police Cadet Corps
| National Police Cadet Corps | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | NPCC |
| Motto | Setia dan Bakti |
| Agency overview | |
| Volunteers | 20,000 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| National agency | Singapore |
| General nature |
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| Operational structure | |
| Agency executive | Hoo Poh Heng, Commandant |
| Parent agency | Ministry of Home Affairs / Ministry of Education |
| School Units | 159 |
| Website | |
| http://www.npcc.gov.sg/ | |
The National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) is the largest uniformed group for youths in Singapore in terms of membership. As of 31 March 2004, the organisation has 596 teacher officers and 20,146 student members in 155 secondary schools, 2 polytechnics open units and 2 University Open Units. With the support from two ministries, namely the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Home Affairs, the latter of which the Singapore Police Force is part of, the organisation has grown from being a relative new-comer compared to other uniformed groups, to being one of the more well-established in terms of reputation, standards, and acceptability amongst the youths of Singapore and their parents.
The current Commandant of NPCC is SUPT Hoo Poh Heng. The Chairperson of the 15th NPCC Council is A/Prof Stephen Phua Lye Huat from the Law Faculty of the National University of Singapore.
The NPCC uniform consists of an all-blue top and pants, the design very similar to those worn by police officers. In October 2009, the NPCC HQ had announced an organisational-wide change in certain uniform accoutrement to further distinguish the Corps from the Singapore Police Force, its parental organisation. The change includes the designs of head crest, buttons and epaulettes bearing the ranks of the Cadet Inspectors and Officers.
A dark blue beret bearing the NPCC Crest is worn.
The top consists of a dacron blue short sleeved shirt, with metal buttons bearing the NPCC Crest. Formation signs bearing the cadet's school are worn on both sleeves. Epaulettes bearing the cadet's rank are worn on the shoulders,all ranks of NPCC have the suffix (NPCC) to distinguish them from ranks of the SPF. The shirt is tucked in.
A black leather belt is worn around the waist. Dacron blue pants (for boys) or skirt (for girls) forms the bottom of the uniform. The length of the pants cannot exceed the 2 boot lace line from the bottom.
Black leather boots complete the uniform, with black socks pulled all the way up and worn on the inside. The toe cap, sides and back of the boots must be polished until one's reflection can be seen in it.
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