Generally, law enforcement in Singapore comes under the direct purview of the Singapore Police Force

Singapore Police Force

The Singapore Police Force is the main agency tasked with maintaining law and order in the city-state. Formerly known as the Republic of Singapore Police , it has grown from an 11-man organisation to a 38,587 strong force...

, the main government

Government of Singapore

The Government of Singapore is defined by the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore to mean the Executive branch of government, which is made up of the President and the Cabinet of Singapore. Although the President acts in his personal discretion in the exercise of certain functions as a check...

 agency entrusted with the maintenance of law and order in Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

. Assisting the police force, are a range of governmental as well as private sector organisations and companies who engage in specialised roles and allow the main force to concentrate on their main public policing roles. In addition, the strong emphasis on community policing since the 1980s has attempted to promote a culture in which the man in the street can partake and contribute directly in law enforcement efforts.

Agencies

In addition to the Singapore Police Force, other government agencies also enforce specific laws as follows:

• Central Narcotics Bureau
  Central Narcotics Bureau
  The Central Narcotics Bureau of Singapore was established in 1971 as the primary drug enforcement agency entrusted with the responsibilities of coordinating all matters pertaining to drug eradication...
  
  , which deals with drug related offences
• Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau
  Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau
  Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau is a government agency in Singapore which investigates and prosecutes corruption in the public and private sectors...
  
  , which enforces anti-corruption laws
• Employment Inspectorate Department or the Ministry of Manpower
  Ministry of Manpower (Singapore)
  The Ministry of Manpower is a ministry of the Government of Singapore that directs the formulation and implementation of policies related to manpower in Singapore.-Mission:...
  
  , which deals with violations of manpower regulations like the employment of illegal immigrants
• Immigration and Checkpoints Authority
  Immigration and Checkpoints Authority
  The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority is part of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Singapore Government.-Overview:...
  
  , responsible for enforcing immigration and customs law at ports of entry
  Port of entry
  In general, a port of entry is a place where one may lawfully enter a country. It typically has a staff of people who check passports and visas and inspect luggage to assure that contraband is not imported. International airports are usually ports of entry, as are road and rail crossings on a...
  
  
• Internal Security Department
  Internal Security Department
  The Internal Security Department is a domestic intelligence agency of the Ministry of Home Affairs of Singapore. It was formerly part of the Ministry of Interior and Defence until it was split on 11 August 1970...
  
  , a quasi-police/intelligence agency responsible for domestic security
• Singapore Customs
  Singapore Customs
  Singapore Customs is a government agency under the Ministry of Finance . SC was reconstituted on 1 April 2003,...
  
  
• Singapore Armed Forces Military Police Command, responsible for law enforcement in the armed forces (a military provost
  Provost (military police)
  Provosts are military police whose duties are policing solely within the Armed Forces, as opposed to Gendarmerie duties in the civilian population. However, many countries use their gendarmerie for provost duties....
  
  

Singapore also utilises the services of several auxiliary police

Auxiliary police

Auxiliary police or special constables in England) are usually the part-time reserves of a regular police force. They may be armed or unarmed. They may be unpaid volunteers or paid members of the police service with which they are affiliated...

 forces; private companies authorised by law to carry out certain police-style functions, such as airport security and cash-in-transit

Cash-in-transit

Cash-in-transit or Cash/valuables-in-transit are terms used to refer to the physical transfer of banknotes, coins and items of value from one location to another....

 protection:

• Aetos Security Management
  Aetos Security Management
  AETOS Security Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, provides security solutions to a diverse clientele.Established in 2004, AETOS commenced operations following the strategic merger of the Auxiliary Police Forces of PSA Corporation Ltd, Singapore Technologies Kinetics Ltd and...
  
  , formed by a merger of three government security police
  Security police
  In some countries, including the United States, security police are those persons, employed by or for a governmental agency, who provide police and security services to those agencies' properties....
  
   forces
• Certis CISCO, formed from a branch of the Singapore Police Force
• SATS Security Services
  SATS Security Services
  SATS Security Services Pte Ltd is a subsidiary of SATS Ltd, providing security services for aviation-related activities at the Singapore Changi Airport. It provides armed auxiliary police officers for mainly airline clients, one of three companies licensed to do so in Singapore...