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Top-ranking police officer of the Singapore Police Force
Commissioner of Police rank epaulettes The Commissioner of Police is the head of the Singapore Police Force (SPF). The Commissioner is assisted by the Deputy Commissioner of Police , and reports to the Minister for Home Affairs . The current Commissioner of Police is Hoong Wee Teck.
The position was created with the Police Act of 1856 (and passed 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 was appointed as a Deputy Magistrate and Superintendent of Police in 1843, before he assumed responsibilities as the first full-time Commissioner of Police in June 1857.
When Singapore , Malacca and Penang became Crown colonies of the British Empire in 1867, the role of the police commissioner was expanded to include that of the entire Straits Settlements , with the title changed to Inspector-General of Police . This lasted until the Japanese occupation of Singapore 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 has the power to appoint the Commissioner of Police on the advice of the Cabinet.[1]
List of commissioners of police Commissioner of the Singapore Police Force # Portrait Commissioner of Police Took office Left office 1 R E Foulger 1946 1951 2 J P Pennefather-Evans 1951 1952 3 Nigel G Morris 1952 1957 4 E Alan G Blades 1957 1963 5 John Le Cain 1963 1967 6 Cheam Kim Seang 1967 1971 7 Tan Teck Khim 1971 1979 8 Goh Yong Hong 1979 1992 9 Tee Tua Ba 1992 1997 10 Khoo Boon Hui 1997 2010 11 Ng Joo Hee 2010 2015 12 Hoong Wee Teck 2015 Incumbent
List of inspectors-general of police Commissioner of the Straits Settlements Police # Portrait Commissioner of Police Took office Left office 1 Thomas Dunman 1857 1871
Inspector-General of the Straits Settlements Police References "Policing Singapore in the 19th & 20th centuries", Peer M. Akbur, Singapore Police Force, 2002 ISBN 981-04-7024-X
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