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The Commissioner of Police is the head of the
The Commissioner of Police is the head of the Singapore Police Force
The Singapore Police Force (SPF) is the national and principal Police, 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; huma ...
(SPF). He or she is assisted by the Deputy Commissioner of Police and reports to the Minister for Home Affairs
An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergenc ...
.
The position was created with the passing of the Police Act
Police Act is a stock short title used for legislation in India, Malaysia and the United Kingdom relating to police forces and officers.
List
India
* Indian Police Act 1861 Malaysia
*The Police Act 1967
United Kingdom
*The Police (Property) ...
in 1857, in response to calls for a full-time dedicated police officer to helm the police force in response to escalating cases of violent crime in Singapore during that period. Thomas Dunman thus became the first police commissioner, and the first full-time superintendent
Superintendent may refer to:
*Superintendent (police), Superintendent of Police (SP), or Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), a police rank
*Prison warden or Superintendent, a prison administrator
*Superintendent (ecclesiastical), a church exec ...
of police, with a salary of 800 rupees per month.
When 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, bor ...
, Malacca
Malacca ( ms, Melaka) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state in Malaysia located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, next to the Strait of Malacca. Its capital is Malacca City, dubbed the Historic City, which has bee ...
and Penang
Penang ( ms, Pulau Pinang, is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the M ...
became Crown colonies
A Crown colony or royal colony was a colony administered by The Crown within the British Empire. There was usually a Governor, appointed by the British monarch on the advice of the UK Government, with or without the assistance of a local Council ...
in 1867, the role of the police commissioner was expanded to include that of the entire Straits Settlements
The Straits Settlements were a group of British territories located in Southeast Asia. Headquartered in Singapore for more than a century, it was originally established in 1826 as part of the territories controlled by the British East India Com ...
, with the title changed to Inspector-General of Police
An Inspector General of Police is a senior police officer in the police force or police service of several nations. The rank usually refers to the head of a large regional command within a police service, and in many countries refers to the most se ...
. This lasted until the Japanese occupation of Singapore
, officially , was the name for Singapore when it was occupied and ruled by the Empire of Japan, following the fall and surrender of British military forces on 15 February 1942 during World War II.
Japanese military forces occupied it afte ...
in 1942, before the position was restored as the Commissioner of Police in 1946 with the return of the British and the gradual instatement of self governance.
The President of Singapore
The president of Singapore is the head of state of the Republic of Singapore. The role of the president is to safeguard the reserves and the integrity of the public service. The presidency is largely ceremonial, with the Cabinet led by the prime ...
appoints the Commissioner of Police on the advice from the Cabinet
Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to:
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, and can revoke his or her appointment.
Commissioners and Inspectors-General of Police
Commissioner of Police, Straits Settlements Police
* Thomas Dunman (1857–1871)Inspector-General of Police, Straits Settlements Police
* C B Plunket (1871–1876) *Samuel Dunlop
Samuel Dunlop, CMG served in several capacities as a member of the Straits Settlements civil service but is perhaps best known as the Inspector-General of Police, in Singapore.
Pangkor Treaty 1874
The Pangkor meeting took place in the middle of ...
(1876–1890)
* R W Maxwell (1891–1895)
* E G Pennefather (1895–1906)
* W A Cuscaden (1906–1914)
* A R Chandellor (1914–1923)
* G C Denham (1923–1925)
* Harold Fairburn
Harold Fairburn CMG, KPM (1884-1973) was the Inspector-General of the Straits Settlements Police in Singapore, from 1925 to 1935.
Career
He joined the Straits Settlements Police as a cadet in 1904 and spent a twenty-month training period in Chin ...
(1925–1935)
* Rene H de S Onraet (1935–1939)
* Arthur Harold Dickinson (1939–1942)
Commissioner of Police, Singapore Police Force
* R E Foulger (1946–1951) * J P Pennefather-Evans (1951–1952) * Nigel G Morris (1952–1957) * E Alan G Blades (1957–1963) * John Le Cain (1963–1967) * Cheam Kim Seang (1967–1971) * Tan Teck Khim (1971–1979) * Goh Yong Hong (1979–1992) *Tee Tua Ba
Tee Tua Ba () is Chairman of the Singapore Red Cross Society and a former Commissioner of Police of the Singapore Police. He is currently the Chairman of the Portcullis Group.
Background
Tee Tua Ba was born in Singapore on 17 June 1942 and studi ...
(1992–1997)
* Khoo Boon Hui
Khoo Boon Hui (), born in 1954 in Singapore, is the Senior Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Mr Khoo Boon Hui succeeded Jackie Selebi and Arturo Verdugo (acting) as President of INTERPOL, from 2008 to 2012, and he was succeeded by ...
(1997–2010)
* Ng Joo Hee (2010–2015)
* Hoong Wee Teck (2015–present)
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