The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is one of the many departments under the
Singapore Police Force
The Singapore Police Force (SPF) is the national and principal law enforcement agency responsible for the prevention of crime and law enforcement in the Republic of Singapore. It is the country's lead agency against organised crime; human, wea ...
for premier investigation and staff authority for criminal investigation matters within the Singapore Police Force.
It is led by the Director of CID and assisted by 3 Deputy Directors. CID has a staff of over 500 officers: Senior Investigation Officers, Investigation Officers, Police Officers and Civilian Officers.
Overview
The CID conducts inquiries into a variety of criminal offences in
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
, and is empowered to make arrests. Recent high profile investigations include the
death of Shane Todd
Shane Todd was an American engineer who died under disputed circumstances in Singapore in June 2012. Local authorities said Todd had committed suicide, though his family insists that he was murdered, possibly in connection with the work he had bee ...
in 2013. The present director is Senior Assistant Commissioner How Kwang Hwee.
Structure
CID is led by a Director, currently SAC How Kwang Hwee, and 3 Deputy Directors.
There are a total of 8 divisions in CID, with each division led by an Assistant Director, namely:
# Operations, Investigation Policy Division
#*Operations Management
#*Operations Development
#*Liaison & Training Branch
#*Prosecution Branch
#Research, Planning & Organisational Development Division
#Specialised Crime Division
#*Specialised Crime Branch
#*Specialised Crime Policy Branch
#*Casino Crime Investigation Branch
#*Intellectual Property Rights Branch
#*Secret Societies Branch
#*Unlicensed Moneylending Strikeforce
#*Organised Crime Branch
#*Financial Investigation Branch
#Major Crime Division
#*Special Investigation Section
#*Serious Sexual Crime Branch
#*Bomb & Explosive Branch
# Technology Crime Division
#* Technology Crime Investigation Branch
#* Technology Crime Forensic Branch
#*Technology Crime Policy Branch
#Investigation Support & Services Division
#*Criminal Records
#*Specialised Interview
#*Corporate Services Branch
#*Manpower Branch
#*Quality Service Branch
#CID Intelligence Division
#*Field Intelligence Branch
#*Intelligence Analysis & Processing Branch
#*Criminal Law Branch
#Forensics Division
#*Forensics Management Branch
In popular culture
In 2006, a
police procedural
The police show, or police crime drama, is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasizes the investigative procedure of a police officer or department as the protagonist(s), as contrasted with other genres that focus on eith ...
series,
''C.I.D.'' was produced by
Mediacorp
Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., doing business as Mediacorp and stylised as mediacorp, is a media conglomerate in Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the holding company of the Government of Singapore—it owns television, radio, and digital media prope ...
, starring
Tay Ping Hui
Tay Ping Hui (born 10 November 1970) is a Singaporean actor and director. In 2014, Tay made his directorial debut with the basketball film ''Meeting the Giant''.
Early life
Tay attended Catholic High School (Primary and Secondary) and Catho ...
,
Qi Yuwu
Qi Yuwu (; born 28 November 1976) is a Chinese actor based in Singapore. He is a permanent resident of Singapore and a contracted artiste under Beijing Enlight Media Group.
Early life and career
Qi studied at Guangzhou Physical Education Ins ...
,
Apple Hong
Apple Hong (; born 31 October 1978) is a Malaysia-Born Singaporean actress and singer. She was a Mediacorp artiste from 1999 to 2011 but continues to film on TV and ad-hoc basis.
Career
Hong was first runner-up in the Malaysian edition of Star S ...
,
Jeanette Aw
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,
Ong Ai Leng
Ong Ai Leng (; born 2 November 1978) is a Malaysian actress based in Singapore.
Career & Personal life
Ong was high school classmates with Zen Chong.
Ong made her acting debut in Malaysia in 2002 before moving to Singapore. She has acted in bo ...
,
Brandon Wong and
Zhang Yaodong
Zhang Yaodong (, born Teoh Yeow Tong on 17 December 1977) is a Malaysian actor based in Singapore.
Career
Zhang entered the entertainment industry after finishing first runner-up in the Malaysian edition of talent-search contest Star Search ...
.
This was followed with a collaboration between the CID and Mediacorp in 2011, ''
C.L.I.F.
''C.L.I.F.'' (''Courage, Loyalty, Integrity, Fairness'', or 警徽天职, commonly pronounced as cliff) is a police procedural series produced by Mediacorp Singapore in 2011 in collaboration with the Singapore Police Force. It was aired from 31 M ...
'', another police procedural series. The series lead to four sequels, ''
C.L.I.F. 2
''C.L.I.F. 2'' (''Courage, Loyalty, Integrity, Fairness'', or 警徽天职2) was a police procedural series produced by MediaCorp Singapore in 2012 in collaboration with the Singapore Police Force. It was broadcast from 18 February to 15 March 2 ...
,'' ''
C.L.I.F. 3
''C.L.I.F. 3'' (''Courage, Loyalty, Integrity, Fairness'', or 警徽天职3) was a police procedural series produced by MediaCorp Singapore in 2014 in collaboration with the Singapore Police Force. It was broadcast from 9 April to 13 May 2014 on ...
'', ''
C.L.I.F. 4
C.L.I.F. 4 (Chinese: 警徽天职4, short-form for Courage, Loyalty, Integrity, Fairness, commonly pronounced as cliff) is a Singaporean police procedural series produced and telecast on MediaCorp Channel 8 in collaboration with the Singapore Po ...
'' and ''
C.L.I.F. 5
''C.L.I.F. 5'' (Chinese: 警徽天职之海岸卫队 is a Singapore police procedural series produced and telecast on Mediacorp Channel 8 in collaboration with the Singapore Police Force. This is the fifth installment to ''C.L.I.F.'' in 2011, and ...
''.
See also
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Crime in Singapore
Crime rates in Singapore are some of the lowest in the world, with petty crimes such as pickpocketing and street theft rarely occurring, and violent crime being extremely rare. Penalties for drug offences such as trafficking in Singapore are se ...
References
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Singapore Police Force
Crime in Singapore