The Toa Payoh Police Division (or 'B' Division,
Chinese
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: 大巴窑警区,
Malay
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: Divisyen Polis Toa Payoh) was a former
police division
A division was the usual term for the largest territorial subdivision of most British police forces. In major reforms of police organisation in the 1990s divisions of many forces were restructured and retitled Basic Command Units (BCUs), although ...
of the
Singapore Police Force, operating from 1977 to 1988.
History
First formed in 1950 as the Kandang Kerbau Police Station beside the old
KK Hospital building (near the present day ''Land Transport Authority, Hampshire Office'') at Kampong Java Road, it was moved to the new Toa Payoh Police Station in 1977
and was subsequently renamed 'B' Division, as part of the Singapore government's effort in providing every new town with a police presence.
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]Toa Payoh Police division
The Toa Payoh Police Division (or 'B' Division, Chinese language, Chinese: 大巴窑警区, Malay language, Malay: Divisyen Polis Toa Payoh) was a former police division of the Singapore Police Force, operating from 1977 to 1988.
History
First fo ...
was closed down in 1988, with its areas of control taken over by Tanglin Police Division ('E' Division) & Ang Mo Kio Police Division ('F' Division), respectively. The station became the Headquarters for the Police Volunteer Special Constabulary
The Volunteer Special Constabulary (VSC) in Singapore comprises volunteers from the general public. VSC officers are imbued with equal powers of a regular police officer to enforce law and order in Singapore. They wear the same police uniform as p ...
from 1988 until 1994, when Force Communications Branch of the Police Technology Department took over the use of the building. The building was vacated again in year 2000 for a major refurbishment before utilisation by the Police Security Command
Security is protection from, or resilience against, potential harm (or other unwanted coercive change) caused by others, by restraining the freedom of others to act. Beneficiaries (technically referents) of security may be of persons and social g ...
, which is a unit similar to the Hong Kong VIP Protection Unit
The VIP Protection Unit ( Abbreviation: VIPPU; ), otherwise known as G4 (originally Section G, Division 4) is a branch of the Hong Kong Police Force.
Introduction
The original name had been given to the unit since it is the 4th division of the ...
.
See also
* Toa Payoh ritual murders
References
External links
Adrian Lim Murders
Places in Singapore
Toa Payoh
Police divisions in Singapore
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