The Singapore Police Force (abbreviation: SPF) is the national law enforcement agency of Singapore. It is the city-state's lead agency against organised crime; human, weapon trafficking; cyber crime; and economic crime that goes across domestic and international borders, but can be tasked to investigate any crime under the purview of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
Formerly known as the Republic of Singapore Police (RSP), the SPF is a uniformed organisation. The mission of the SPF is to prevent, deter and detect crime to ensure the safety and security of Singapore. It is Singapore's point of contact for foreign agencies such as Interpol and other international law enforcement agencies.
The organisational structure of the SPF is split between the staff and line functions, roughly modelled after the military. There are currently sixteen staff departments, four specialist staff departments, and eighteen specialist and line units, including seven 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. Situated within the headquarters building is the Police Heritage Centre (PHC), which is open to the public and showcases the SPF's history through various exhibits and multimedia displays.
As of 2019, the SPF has a strength of approximately 11,263 personnel: 9,636 sworn officers and 1,627 civilian staff.
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