The police will continue to enhance their capabilities to fight terrorism and crime. Underlining the need to keep the country and people safe, Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam announced measures yesterday to make the Singapore Police Force (SPF) more efficient and...
More In-Situ Reaction Team officers, who stand out with their beige berets, will be deployed at locations with large crowds.
On the SPF's continuous process of redeveloping their capabilities to combat terrorism, he said:"I don't think this is one where you would say that we have reached the ultimate levels.While crime here is under control, Mr Shanmugam cited the surge in violent knife crimes in Britain to show how things can change quickly.
Britain's Sky News reported last month there had been about 20 murders in London so far this year, with six of them happening in the span of nine days. One of them was a new unmanned aerial vehicle response force, which Mr Shanmugam helped to launch yesterday.
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