The Bedok Police Division (or 'G' Division, Chinese

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: 勿洛警区) is a police division

Police division

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 of the Singapore Police Force

Singapore Police Force

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. Based in the eastern part of Singapore

Singapore

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, its headquarters is located at 30 Bedok North Road, operating a total of seven Neighbourhood Police Centre

Neighbourhood Police Centre

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s (NPC) and 17 Neighbourhood Police Posts (NPP) spread across the Bedok

Bedok

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, Changi

Changi

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, Geylang

Geylang

Geylang is a neighbourhood in the city-state of Singapore east of the Central Area, Singapore's central business district. It is located to the east of the Singapore River, an area that locals have associated, from the days of Sir Stamford Raffles, as a Malay kampong opposite facing two islands...

, Marine Parade

Marine Parade

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, Pasir Ris

Pasir Ris

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, and Tampines

Tampines

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 areas. It manages crime in a 114 km² area populated by about 840,000 residents.

History

Previously headquartered at Joo Chiat Police Station in East Coast Road under the former NPP system, the present headquarters took over jurisdiction of the division on 1 August 1987. The rest of the NPCs came online when the NPC system was implemented here on 17 December 2000. When the Geylang Police Division was closed in December 2000, 'G' Division took over half of its areas of control, while the rest came under the Ang Mo Kio Police Division

Ang Mo Kio Police Division

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 and Central Police Division

Central Police Division

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, thus extending its responsibilities to critical areas and sites around Geylang Road

Geylang Road

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 and the National Stadium

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, where major events regularly require support from the entire division and beyond, such as during the National Day Parade

National Day Parade

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 when it is held there.

Other major events handled by the division include the Asian Aerospace

Asian Aerospace

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 exhibitions in Changi, and the Hari Raya Puasa bazaars at Geylang Serai.

Establishments

• Bedok Police Divisional Headquarters
  • Bedok North Neighbourhood Police Centre
    • Kaki Bukit Neighbourhood Police Post
    • Kampong Ubi Neighbourhood Police Post
  • Bedok South Neighbourhood Police Centre
    • Bedok Neighbourhood Police Post
    • Chai Chee Neighbourhood Police Post
    • Kampong Kembangan Neighbourhood Police Post
    • Siglap Neighbourhood Police Post
    • Tanah Merah Neighbourhood Police Post
  • Changi Neighbourhood Police Centre
    • Changkat Neighbourhood Police Post
  • Geylang Neighbourhood Police Centre
    • Eunos Neighbourhood Police Post
    • Geylang Serai Neighbourhood Police Post
    • Geylang West Neighbourhood Police Post
    • Joo Chiat Neighbourhood Police Post
    • MacPherson Neighbourhood Police Post
    • Mountbatten Neighbourhood Police Post
  • Marine Parade Neighbourhood Police Centre
    • Marine Parade Neighbourhood Police Post
  • Pasir Ris Neighbourhood Police Centre
  • Tampines Neighbourhood Police Centre
    • Tampines East Neighbourhood Police Post
    • Tampines North Neighbourhood Police Post

External links

• Bedok Police Division