In a ceremony held at Clementi Police Division on 7 June 2022, six members of the public were commended for their public spiritedness, three organisations and a staff were also commended for their strong community partnership with the Police.
Cases Commended for Public Spiritedness Award
In the first case, on 2 February 2022, Mr Vinodh S/O Rajendran and Ms Ramizah Banu Binte Abdul Rahman had assisted the Police in a case of outrage of modesty. They immediately chased after a man who had touched a woman on her breast and groin area, and attempted to kiss her on the lips along Ulu Pandan park connector. They managed to detain the man until Police’s arrival.
In the second case, on 3 October 2021, Mr Ng Sheng Chao Benedict had assisted the Police by intervening a case where a man hurled vulgarities at and threw a face mask at a Safe Distancing Ambassador, when he was turned away twice for trying to enter a hawker centre at Block 353 Clementi Avenue 2. The man was observed to have not worn face mask and he did not have a TraceTogether token or app for SafeEntry check-in. Mr Ng also assisted by detaining the man and calling the Police for assistance. The man was subsequently arrested under the Liquor Control Act and for using abusive language against a public servant.
In the third case, on 31 October 2021, Mr Alagar Ravi had assisted the Police in a case of theft. Mr Ravi was able to recognise a man who was behaving suspiciously at Block 72 Commonwealth Drive, when shown the images from Police cameras, and directed the Police to where he last saw the man. With the useful information provided by Mr Ravi, the Police managed to locate and arrest the man for the offence.
In the fourth case, on 23 December 2021, Mr Mohamed Subhan had assisted the Police in a case of shop theft. He witnessed a man allegedly taking an unpaid item from a shelf and placing it into his bag in a shop at VivoCity shopping mall. The man subsequently exited the shop with the unpaid item. Mr Subhan immediately informed a shop assistant who then called the Police for assistance. The man was subsequently arrested for shop theft.
In the last case, on 18 December 2021, Mr Lim Wei Hao had assisted the Police in a case of theft. He heard some noises and noticed a man behaving suspiciously outside his residential unit at Block 240A Jurong East Avenue 1. He observed the man allegedly touching some undergarments which were left to dry. Mr Lim then followed the man and detained him before calling the Police for assistance. Investigations revealed that the man had committed theft of undergarments from residential units in the vicinity. With the useful information provided by Mr Lim, the man was arrested for theft.
Organisations Commended for Community Partnership Award
Three organisations were commended for their close collaboration with Clementi Police Division in developing and implementing crime prevention initiatives. In recognition of their significant contributions, the following entities were presented with the Community Partnership Award:
- FairPrice Xtra @ VivoCity;
- Shopee Singapore; and
- Resorts World Sentosa.
FairPrice Xtra @ VivoCity has adopted an approach of preventing over reporting shop theft in 2021. To incentivise and recognise the NTUC FairPrice’s Loss Prevention Officers who have successfully prevented shop theft cases, a “Letter of Appreciation” would be issued to them by the Police. They were also the first outlet to collaborate with the Police on this approach. The branch manager of the store, and his staff have worked closely alongside the Police, which resulted in the reduction of shop theft cases reported at the outlet.
Since June 2021, Clementi Police Division has partnered with Shopee Singapore to raise awareness of scams among online shoppers to prevent them from falling prey to scams such as job scams and e-commerce scams. This collaboration rode on major e-commerce sales periods such as Great Singapore Sale. With the strong support from Shopee Singapore, a total of 200,000 scam prevention education pamphlets were distributed island-wide over a nine month period. The Police would like to advise members of the public to adopt the following precautionary measures.
| Common Scam Types |
Crime Prevention Advisory |
| Job scam |
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| E-commerce scam |
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In 2021, Resorts World Sentosa had supported Clementi Police Division in event security planning, crime deterrence operations and review of the security of the COVID-19 facilities premises.
Staff Commended for Community Partnership Award
Mr Anthony Chang Din Hwee, Security Manager at NTUC FairPrice, played a key role in fostering the partnership between Clementi Police Division and NTUC FairPrice to drive and implement an approach of preventing over reporting shop theft at numerous FairPrice outlets. Following the successful trial of the “Letter of Appreciation” initiative at FairPrice Xtra @ Vivocity in 2021, Clementi Police Division is working closely with FairPrice to scale up the initiative and implement it at other FairPrice outlets.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (AC) Marc E, Commander of Clementi Police Division, expressed his appreciation to the award recipients for their public spiritedness in making our community a safer and more secure place to live in. He said, “Crime is more likely solved, and criminals are more likely deterred, if public-spiritedness is strong and widespread. I commend these individuals and organisations for their public-spiritedness and partnership with the Police. Their actions are exemplary to the rest of our community.”
Mr Vinodh S/O Rajendran being awarded the Public Spiritedness Award by AC Marc E.
Mr Mohamed Subhan being awarded the Public Spiritedness Award by AC Marc E.
Mr Anthony Chang from NTUC FairPrice being awarded the Community Partnership Award by AC Marc E.
Mr Winston Goh representing Shopee Singapore being awarded the Community Partnership Award by AC Marc E.
Mr Edmond Lim representing Resorts World Sentosa being awarded the Community Partnership Award by AC Marc E.
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
07 June 2022 @ 11:40 AM