MANNING STRENGTH OF FULL-TIME SPF NATIONAL SERVICE AND VOLUNTEER SPECIAL CONSTABULARY OFFICERS

I filed a PQ to find out the manning strengths of our Police NS and Voluntary Special Constabulary officers over the past 5 years since 2018. Both groups of officers supplement the work of regular police officers to keep our country safe and secure. I asked this question as part of my review to understand the manpower situation of the entire Police Force. My PQ and the Minister’s answers are set out below.

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Mr Murali Pillai asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) for each year since 2018, what is the ratio of local population to full-time SPF National Servicemen; and (b) how many Volunteer Special Constabulary officers are recruited for each year since 2018.

Mr K Shanmugam: The ratio of Full-time National Servicemen in the Singapore Police Force (SPF) to the local population since 2018 is in Table 1.

The total number of Volunteer Special Constabulary (VSC) officers and VSC (Community) officers recruited each year since 2018 is in Table 2.

The VSC (Community) vocation was launched in 2018 to create more opportunities for the public to join the VSC. They patrol in areas with high commuter traffic, facilitate crowd control and traffic management, carry out engagement at events and roadshows, and assist with evacuation during an incident.