ST Front Page: Top cop wants more officers 26.3.14

[chialc88]

1,000 more cops needed to boost force: Commissioner of Police Ng Joo Hee

"If we were a football team, we would be a team that spends most of our time playing matches and very little time training,"
"If Singaporean are irked by the littering, the noise and the jaywalking in Little India, they'll certainly and quickly sense that there exist a sense of lawlessness in Geylang."

A key reason for the manpower crunch in the force, added Mr Ng,
is because it's ranks have not kept pace with Singapore's population growth.

in 1999: 222 officers per 100k residents
Now: 163/100k

HK: 398/100k
Tokyo: 330/100k
NY: 414/100k
London: 402/100k

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[yeokiwi]

A key reason for the manpower crunch in the force, added Mr Ng,
is because it's ranks have not kept pace with Singapore's population growth.

Luff... I do not think we have so many Singaporeans around for him to recruit.

[chialc88]

yeo,
well, the facts remains that Singapore is perceived as a safe place to live means a lot to me (and Mr. Ng too).

I'm also deeply touched: something worth reflecting:
scroll to 3m30s:


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