The Clementi Police Division (or 'D' Division) is one of the seven land divisions of the

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. Clementi Division covers about 70 square kilometres in the South-Western part of Singapore, which includes Jurong Island, Sentosa Island and the popular Holland Village. Nearly half a million people live in the area under Clementi Division, mostly in Tanjong Pagar GRC, West Coast GRC, Hong Kah GRC, Holland -Bukit Panjang GRC, Jurong GRC, and Ayer Rajah Constituency and Bukit Timah Constituency.

History

'D' Division was first formed in 1964 with its headquarters at

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, Queenstown, which was sited directly across the road from the Police Reserve Unit 2 stationed at

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. 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

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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

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, it has since moved to a new site co-located with the new fire station of the

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. The other three NPCs has since moved into permanent buildings, although the Clementi Neighbourhood Police Centre was set up at the existing facilities of the Clementi Police Station now co-located with the division headquarters.

Establishments

*Clementi Division HQ **Bukit Merah West Neighbourhood Police Centre ***Pasir Panjang Neighbourhood Police Post ***Telok Blangah Neighbourhood Police Post **Clementi Neighbourhood Police Centre ***Ayer Rajah Neighbourhood Police Post ***Clementi Neighbourhood Police Post ***West Coast Neighbourhood Police Post **Jurong East Neighbourhood Police Centre ***Bukit Timah Neighbourhood Police Post **Queenstown Neighbourhood Police Centre ***Alexandra Neighbourhood Police Post ***Buona Vista Neighbourhood Police Post ***Commonwealth Neighbourhood Police Post ***Dover Neighbourhood Police Post

References

External links

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