Tanglin Police Division

Coordinates: 1°18′43.20″N 103°50′47.00″E / 1.3120000°N 103.8463889°E / 1.3120000; 103.8463889

An officer from Tanglin Police Division on crowd-control duty at the National Day Parade, 2004.

The Tanglin Police Division (or 'E' Division, Chinese: 东陵警区) is a police division of the Singapore Police Force. It manages a varied, highly urbanised area of central Singapore, which includes the public housing towns of Bishan, Toa Payoh and parts of Kallang, large areas of private housing areas such as those in Bukit Timah and Novena, as well as key commercial areas such as Orchard Road and Clarke Quay. Policing duties are carried out from five Neighbourhood Police Centres (NPC) and twelve Neighbourhood Police Posts (NPP). Important minister's landmarks such as former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, Goh Chok Tong and current Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's houses, President Tony Tan's house, Istana and Sri Temasek also come under the jurisdiction.

History

The 'E' Division was headquartered at Orchard Police Station in the Orchard Road area, before moving to Tanglin Police Station at 17 Napier Road between Orchard Road and the Botanical Gardens in 1980.[1] Tanglin Police Station was opened by the then Minister for Home Affairs, Mr Chua Sian Chin, in June 1981. When the Toa Payoh Police Division was closed in 1988, 'E' Division took over half its areas of control while Ang Mo Kio Police Division took over the rest.

With the implementation of the NPC system in July 2001, the headquarters was moved to its present site at 21 Kampong Java Road on 6 May 2001.

Establishments

Notes

  1. ↑ Akbur, Peer M. (2002). Policing Singapore in the 19th and 20th centuries. Singapore Police Force. p. 109. ISBN 981-04-7024-X.

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