Singapore Police Force

Singapore Police Force Pasukan Polis Singapura 新加坡警察部队 சிங்கப்பூர் காவல் துறை
Abbreviation	SPF
Logo of the Singapore Police Force
Motto	"Setia dan Bakti" (Malay) "Loyalty and Service"
Agency overview
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Singapore
General nature	Law enforcement Civilian police
Operational structure
Sworn members	41,599
Commissioner of Police responsible	Hoong Wee Teck
Parent agency	Ministry of Home Affairs
Staff Departments	17 Commercial Affairs Department Criminal Investigation Department Police Intelligence Department Administration and Finance Department Community Partnership Department Inspectorate and Compliance Office Internal Affairs Office International Cooperation Department Manpower Department Operations Department Planning and Organisation Department Police Licensing and Regulatory Department Police Logistics Department Police National Service Department Public Affairs Department Police Technology Department Service Delivery Department Volunteer Special Constabulary
Specialist & Line units	15 Ang Mo Kio Police Division Bedok Police Division Central Police Division Clementi Police Division Jurong Police Division Tanglin Police Division Airport Police Division Gurkha Contingent Home Team School of Criminal Investigation Police Coast Guard Public Transport Security Command Security Command Special Operations Command Traffic Police Department Training Command
Facilities
NPCs/NPPs	97
Police boats	61
Website
http://police.gov.sg/

Coordinates: 1°19′27.56″N 103°50′43.24″E / 1.3243222°N 103.8453444°E / 1.3243222; 103.8453444

The Singapore Police Force (Abbreviation: SPF; Malay: Pasukan Polis Singapura; Chinese: 新加坡警察部队; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் காவல் துறை) is the Republic's main police agency tasked with maintaining law and order in the island city-state. Formerly known as the Republic of Singapore Police (RSP; Malay: Polis Repablik Singapura), it has grown from an 11-man organisation to a 38,587 strong force. Singapore has been ranked consistently in the top five positions in the Global Competitiveness Report in terms of its reliability of police services.

The organisational structure of the SPF is split between the staff and line functions, roughly modelled after the military. There are currently 15 staff departments, 3 specialist staff departments and 16 specialist and line units (including 6 Land Divisions). 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.

The Singapore Police Force has a heritage almost as old as that of modern Singapore, having been formed in 1819 with a skeleton force of 11 men under the command of Francis James Bernard, son-in-law of William Farquhar, and kept in operation with a monthly budget of $300. Manpower constraints meant that the men had to perform a wide range of roles, and required the help of headmen amongst the various ethnic communities to maintain orderliness on the streets, all the more possible as the communities lived in segregated areas around the city.