List of Singapore police officers killed in the line of duty
Encyclopedia
This is a list of police officers from 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...

 who were killed in the line of duty
, based on official records from the year 1900 to date. Line of duty deaths refers to any police officer who has died while carrying out duty which he is obligated and/or authorised to carry out. This would include officers who respond to incidents while off-duty as obligated by the Police Force Act, as well as those commuting to and from their place of duty or training.

The Singapore establishment generally avoids personalising or glorifying acts of personal sacrifice in contemporary Singaporean society, and this applies to the police force as well. There has been no public memorial or monument dedicated to police officer deaths until the opening of the Police Heritage Centre in the Police Headquarters at New Phoenix Park on 15 August 2002, where a Commemorative Gallery features a wall inscribed with the names of all fallen officers. Although open to the public, access to the centre is restricted via an appointment-only policy. There are otherwise no readily accessible published lists of all fallen officers' names whether in print or electronically.

Fallen officers are, however, honoured and commemorated through ceremonies or functions, such as a one-minute silence observed during the annual Police Day Parade. Police funerals featuring a flag draped casket, a three-volley salute
3-volley salute
The 3-volley salute is a ceremonial act performed at military and police funerals as part of the drill and ceremony of the Honor Guard. It consists of a rifle party firing blank cartridges into the air three times. The custom originates from the European dynastic wars, where the fighting ceased so...

, and a procession, amongst other elements, may be organised depending on the circumstance of death. Most funerals in recent years are much simpler affairs, partly as many of these deaths are attributed to accidents, but many of these ceremonies still receive local media coverage. Other ways of commemoration may include posthumous promotions and the awarding of state medals
Singaporean orders and decorations
Orders and decorations conferred to civilians and military personnel in Singapore, listed by order of precedence. Awards specific to the military or police forces are separately listed.Note that the ribbons shown are those used after 1996...

; there has been seven posthumous promotions and two posthumous Police Medal of Valour
Pingat Keberanian Polis
The Pingat Keberanian Polis, also known as the Police Medal of Valour and the Police Gallantry Medal, is awarded to a police officer of the Singapore Police Force who displays exceptional courage during situations of danger...

 awardees since the 1990s.

Causes of death

Cause of death 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
to date
Total
to date
Murder/Culpable homicide
Culpable homicide
Culpable homicide is a specific offence in various jurisdictions within the Commonwealth of Nations which involves the illegal killing of a person either with or without an intention to kill depending upon how a particular jurisdiction has defined the offence...

 (with firearms)
6 6 2 3 4 21
Murder/Culpable homicide (with sharp object) 1 1 2 4
Murder/Culpable homicide (with blunt object) 3 3
Murder/Culpable homicide (other/unspecified) 19 1 1 21
Accidental death (traffic accident) 1 4 8 4 8 12 37
Accidental death (drowning
Drowning
Drowning is death from asphyxia due to suffocation caused by water entering the lungs and preventing the absorption of oxygen leading to cerebral hypoxia....

)
1 3 2 6
Accidental death (weapon mishandling) 2 1 3
Accidental death (Other) 1 1
Natural causes 1 1 2
Cause of death not recorded 2 2 8 3 3 6 24
Total 2 2 8 3 31 21 3 16 10 11 15 122

Victims' Profile

The average age of slain police officers is 29.3 years of age, excluding 62 officers whose age were not reported. The highest number of casualties were in the 21–25 age band, making up 31.7% amongst officers whose age were reported, followed closely by those in the 26–30 age band, who make up 28.3%. While relative inexperience may be a factor, the generally young profile of police officers in Singapore and their greater probability of facing operational danger as frontline officers may also contribute to their premature deaths.
Age 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
to date
Total
to date
18-20 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 4
21–25 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 5 7 19
26–30 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 6 2 0 2 17
31–35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 7
36–40 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 4
41–45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 7
46–50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
51–55 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Not reported 2 2 8 3 26 15 0 3 2 1 0 62


The ethnic profile of police officers has been traditionally disproportionate compared to the national ethnic profile, with a significantly higher proportion of ethnic Malays especially in the earlier decades. However, the number of casualties involving ethnic Chinese police officers are statistically higher overall due in part to the high mortality rates involving the ethnic Chinese community during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore
Japanese Occupation of Singapore
The Japanese occupation of Singapore in World War II occurred between about 1942 and 1945 after the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942. Military forces of the Empire of Japan occupied Singapore after defeating the combined Australian, British, Indian and Malayan garrison in the Battle of Singapore...

 in the 1940s, and they make up 60.7% of total deaths.
Ethnicity 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
to date
Total
to date
Chinese
Chinese in Singapore
Chinese Singaporeans are people of Chinese ethnicity who hold Singaporean nationality. As of 2010, Chinese Singaporeans constitute 74.1% of Singapore's resident population, or approximately three out of four Singaporeans, making them the largest ethnic group in Singapore...

2 2 5 1 25 10 1 10 3 8 7 74
Malay
Malays in Singapore
Malays in Singapore are defined by the Singaporean government using the broader and antiquated "Malay race" concept, rather than modern-day Malay ethnic group. Although Malays have inhabited the area that is now Singapore since the 17th century, most of the Malays in Singapore today are immigrants...

0 0 1 1 5 9 0 5 4 2 8 35
Indian 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 9
Eurasians/Other 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4

Rank 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
to date
Total
to date
Vigilante Corp NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 0 0 1 0 1
Police Constable
Constable
A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in law enforcement. The office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions.-Etymology:...

0 0 3 1 2 8 0 9 7 0 NA 30
Police Constable (VSC)
Constable
A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in law enforcement. The office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions.-Etymology:...

NA NA NA NA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Detective Police Constable 2 1 5 1 23 6 2 2 0 NA NA 42
Trainee Special Constable
Special constable
A Special Constable is a law enforcement officer who is not a regular member of a police force. Some like the Royal Canadian Mounted Police carry the same law enforcement powers as regular members, but are employed in specific roles, such as explosive disposal technicians, court security, campus...

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Special Constable
Special constable
A Special Constable is a law enforcement officer who is not a regular member of a police force. Some like the Royal Canadian Mounted Police carry the same law enforcement powers as regular members, but are employed in specific roles, such as explosive disposal technicians, court security, campus...

0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
Lance Corporal
Lance Corporal
Lance corporal is a military rank, used by many armed forces worldwide, and also by some police forces and other uniformed organizations. It is below the rank of corporal, and is typically the lowest non-commissioned officer, usually equivalent to the NATO Rank Grade OR-3.- Etymology :The presumed...

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Corporal
Corporal
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0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 1 9
Detective Corporal
Corporal
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0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 NA NA 2
Special Constable Corporal
Special constable
A Special Constable is a law enforcement officer who is not a regular member of a police force. Some like the Royal Canadian Mounted Police carry the same law enforcement powers as regular members, but are employed in specific roles, such as explosive disposal technicians, court security, campus...

NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 0 0 1 3 4
Detective Lance Sergeant
Lance Sergeant
A lance sergeant in the armies of the Commonwealth was a corporal acting in the rank of sergeant. The appointment is retained now only in the Foot Guards and Honourable Artillery Company...

0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 NA NA 2
Sergeant
Sergeant
Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term Sergent....

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 7
Staff Sergeant
Staff Sergeant
Staff sergeant is a rank of non-commissioned officer used in several countries.The origin of the name is that they were part of the staff of a British army regiment and paid at that level rather than as a member of a battalion or company.-Australia:...

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 4
Senior Staff Sergeant
Senior Staff Sergeant
A senior staff sergeant in the Singapore Police Force ranks between staff sergeant and station inspector....

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Senior Staff Sergeant (VSC)
Senior Staff Sergeant
A senior staff sergeant in the Singapore Police Force ranks between staff sergeant and station inspector....

NA NA NA NA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Station Inspector
Station Inspector
Station Inspector is the third highest non-commissioned officer rank in the Singapore Police Force, below that of Senior Station Inspector....

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Detective Sub-Inspector
Sub-inspector
Sub-inspector is a rank used extensively in the Indian Police, Pakistani Police and Sri Lankan Police, which is primarily based on the British model. It was formerly used in most British colonial police forces and in certain British police forces as well...

0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 NA 2
National Service Provisional Inspector
Inspector
Inspector is both a police rank and an administrative position, both used in a number of contexts. However, it is not an equivalent rank in each police force.- Australia :...

NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 0 0 0 1 1
Inspector
Inspector
Inspector is both a police rank and an administrative position, both used in a number of contexts. However, it is not an equivalent rank in each police force.- Australia :...

0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
Assistant Commandant
Commandant
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0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 NA 1

Service 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
to date
Total
to date
Regular 2 2 8 3 31 20 3 15 9 9 9 111
Police National Service
National Service in Singapore
Conscription in Singapore, called National Service , requires all male Singaporean citizens and second-generation permanent residents who have reached the age of 18 to enrol in the military...

NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 1 1 2 5 9
Volunteer Special Constabulary
Volunteer Special Constabulary
The Volunteer Special Constabulary is an important component of the Singapore Police Force, contributing more than fifty years of volunteer service to the nation...

NA NA NA NA 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2


Notes These ranks no longer exist in the present rank structure of the Singapore Police Force (with the exception of some ranks in the Gurkha Contingent
Gurkha Contingent
The Gurkha Contingent is a line department of the Singapore Police Force. Members of the GC are trained to be highly-skilled and are selected for their display of strong discipline and dedication in their tasks...

). Includes two Special Constables. Part-time Police National Service
National Service in Singapore
Conscription in Singapore, called National Service , requires all male Singaporean citizens and second-generation permanent residents who have reached the age of 18 to enrol in the military...

 was introduced in 1967, and full time NS in 1975. The Volunteer Special Constabulary
Volunteer Special Constabulary
The Volunteer Special Constabulary is an important component of the Singapore Police Force, contributing more than fifty years of volunteer service to the nation...

 began in 1946.

Incidents by chronology

The following cases are listed by the date of death, although the incident attributing to death may have occurred earlier. The indicated ranks are as at time of death, and do not include posthumous promotions. Ranks/service numbers are colour-coded based on the cause of death as per the following general classifications. Uncoded entries refer to cases whereby incident details are unknown or unclear:

Key

— denotes information is not available.








1900s

Date Rank/no Name Age Division/unit Circumstance
DPC 611 Lim Soo Hay
DPC 392 Lim Ah Koon

1910s

Date Rank/no Name Age Division/unit Circumstance
DPC 599 Goh Ah Seng
L/Cpl 042 Yeo Ah Hin

1920s

Date Rank/no Name Age Division/unit Circumstance
DPC 092 Teck Chok
DPC 001 Teo Ah Moi
DPC 066 Chong Ah Yong
PC 660
DPC 079 Paw Peng Seng
PC 300 Abdul Malik
PC 803
DPC 057 Lam Weng Yuk

1930s

Date Rank/no Name Age Division/unit Circumstance
PC 748 Tan Kee Chuan
Insp
DPC 035 Mohamed Ali

1940s

Date Rank/no Name Age Division/unit Circumstance
D/SUB-Insp Tan Boo Leng Executed by the Japanese during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore
Japanese Occupation of Singapore
The Japanese occupation of Singapore in World War II occurred between about 1942 and 1945 after the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942. Military forces of the Empire of Japan occupied Singapore after defeating the combined Australian, British, Indian and Malayan garrison in the Battle of Singapore...

DPC 001 Quek Ah Kee
DPC 003 Kho Kee Thiam
DPC 019 Lim Ah Kow
DPC 036 Yip Keng Sam
DPC 066 Tan Ah Kee
DPC 086 Tee Boon Hye
DPC 099 Tan Chan
DPC 102 Lim Keng Seng
DPC 104 Sim Kim Hock
DPC 112 Ng Kim Hock
DPC 117 Eng Yong Khoon
D/L/Sgt 135 Chang Hak Joe
DPC 136 Chan Wai Wah
DPC 143 Tay Teng Liong
DPC 169 Low Peng Hai
DPC 179 Tan Sam Tuck
DPC 195 Lim Kian Siong
DPC 4447 Tan Kim Hock
DPC 208 Koh Wan Wee
DPC 170 Soh Chwee Seng
DPC 145 Teo Bah Cheo
1946-03-01 D/L/Sgt 13 Shaik Noor Mohd Was on patrol in Bukit Panjang
Bukit Panjang
Bukit Panjang is a suburban area situated in the Central North-Western part of Singapore. The Bukit Panjang Planning Area, located in the West Region, encompasses the Housing Development Board's housing estate of Bukit Panjang New Town and the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.-Etymology:Bukit in the...

/Bukit Timah
Bukit Timah
Bukit Timah is an area in Singapore and a hill in that area. Bukit Timah is located near the centre of the Singapore main island. The hill stands at an altitude of 163.63 metres and is the highest point in the city-state of Singapore...

 area when he was shot and killed.
1946-10-18 DPC 41 Lee Koh Beng 39 He was on armed mobile patrol when their vehicle chanced upon several men who fled on sight along Middle Road
Middle Road
Middle Road is a road that may refer to*Middle Road, Hong Kong, in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong*Middle Road, Singapore*The Middle Road, Canada, which was renamed as part of the Queen Elizabeth Way in 1939...

 near Queens Street. While jumping off the vehicle, DPC 41 sustained a fatal gunshot wound near his heart and died at the scene. The gunmen escaped, but were apprehended later.
1946-12-21 PC 2444 Drove a police vehicle when it collided with a radio car and crashed into a wall at junction of Arab Street
Arab Street
Arab Street is the name of a road and neighbourhood in Singapore. There are two explanations behind the name. The first one is that the area was owned by an Arab merchant, Syed Ali bin Mohamed Al Junied and that it was the site of an Arab kampong, hence the name Arab Street...

 and North Bridge Road
North Bridge Road
North Bridge Road is a road in Singapore north of Singapore River, that starts at the junction of Crawford Street and ends before Elgin Bridge, which the road becomes South Bridge Road. The road is one of the oldest roads in Singapore and was outlined in Raffles' 1822 Town Plan...

.
1947-02-02 DPC 426 Shot by several gangsters on 1 February 1947 along Cheong Hong Lim Street in Chinatown
Chinatown, Singapore
Singapore's Chinatown is an ethnic neighbourhood featuring distinctly Chinese cultural elements and a historically concentrated ethnic Chinese population. Chinatown is located within the larger district of Outram....

, and died subsequently in hospital a day later.
1947-06-04 Cpl 2054 Mohamed Gul Marine
Police Coast Guard
The Police Coast Guard is the Marine Police division of the Singapore Police Force which also takes on roles of the coast guard typically handled by the military or as separate organisations in other countries...

Cpl 2054, PC 3776 and PC 1315 were on patrol in Police Boat #16 when they stopped a boat with ten male Chinese on board in the waters off Beach Road in Kallang Basin. Cpl 2054 boarded the boat alone to check their clearance papers. As it was not in order, he asked the crew to return to port. Gunshots were heard before he could finish, and he was not heard of since, believed to be killed and his body dumped overboard. Shots were also fired at the police boat, hitting PC 3776 six times. He fell overboard, but was pulled back into the police boat as it sped off to summon for help. PC 3776 died in hospital a day later, while PC 1315 escaped unhurt.
1947-06-05 PC 3776 30
1947-10-28 SC 5221 Teo Kim Swan 23 SC 5221 was on duty at a police duty hut along Henderson Road outside the Singapore Glass Factory with fellow Special Constable Abu Bakar. About to go off-duty, SC Abu Bakar reached for his rifle which was leaning against a table, but the rifle fell to the ground and a round was discharged, hitting SC5221 and killing him.
1947-11-14 DPC 809 Cheong Ngit Cheong 28 DPC 809 was having coffee at a coffeeshop along Balestier Road
Balestier Road
Balestier Road is a road located in the urban planning areas of Novena and Kallang in the central part of Singapore. The road links Thomson Road to Serangoon Road and the road continues on as Lavender Street. The road is home to rows of shophouses, low-rise apartment and commercial buildings as...

 with a former detective, Wong Khim Seang, when three men, two of whom were armed, walked into the eatery and fired at the two men at point blank range. DPC 809 was shot in the back of his head and died two hours later in hospital, while Wong was hit in the leg and survived.
1948-03-10 SC 5194 20 SC 5194 was on guard duty at the HSBC
HSBC
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 Bank Building on 9 March 1948 when he was shot accidentally in the neck by SC 5220 who was checking clear his service revolver prior to handing over the weapon to him.

1950s

Date Rank/no Name Age Division/unit Circumstance
PC 2083
1950-04-05 S/Sgt 4098 Killed in an operation in Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru is the capital city of Johor in southern Malaysia. Johor Bahru is the southernmost city of the Eurasian mainland...

, Malaysia, as a result of the Malayan Emergency
Malayan Emergency
The Malayan Emergency was a guerrilla war fought between Commonwealth armed forces and the Malayan National Liberation Army , the military arm of the Malayan Communist Party, from 1948 to 1960....

.
1950-07-24 PC 1526 28 PC 1526, PC 1876 and PC 2583 were manning a road block near a godown
Warehouse
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 which was the target of communist arsonists when an approaching car failed to stop, hit a taxi and another vehicle at the roadblock. PC 1526 died soon after reaching the hospital, while PC 1876 and PC 2583 died soon after. Another four policemen, the car driver, taxi driver, and his sole passenger were also injured. It is the worse in terms of Singapore police casualties in a single incident to date, matched only by the deaths of three officers in March 2001.
PC 1876
PC 2583
1950-10-10 PC 790
1950-12-09 DPC 646 Sim Tian Peng Shot and killed by a Chinese assailant at the Municipal Quarters located at the junction of Queen Street
Queen Street, Singapore
Queen Street is one of the oldest streets in Singapore and once had a very strong Eurasian presence. Beginning at Arab street, Queen Street forms major junctions with Ophir Road, Rochor Road, Middle Road and Bras Basah Road before ending at the junction of Stamford Road and Armenian Street.The area...

 and Ophir Road
Ophir Road
Ophir Road is a road that starts after the junction of Sungei Road and Jalan Besar and ends after the Ophir Flyover leading towards East Coast Parkway to Ayer Rajah Expressway or Singapore Changi Airport. The road is located within the planning areas of Kallang, Downtown Core and Rochor...

 days before the outbreak of the Maria Hertogh riots
Maria Hertogh riots
The Maria Hertogh riots or Nadrah riots, began on 11 December 1950 in Singapore after a court decided that a child who had been raised by Muslims should be returned to her biological Catholic parents. A protest by outraged Muslims escalated into a riot when images were published showing 13-year-old...

.
1950-12-19 Insp 27 Killed by rioters while escorting a Eurasian woman in distress to her home in Changi
Changi
Changi is an area at the eastern end of Singapore. It is now the site of Singapore Changi Airport/Changi Air Base, Changi Naval Base and is also home to Changi Prison, site of the former Japanese Prisoner of War Camp during World War II which held Allied prisoners captured in Singapore and Malaysia...

. He was dragged out of his car along Changi Road, beaten, and dumped in the drain on 11 December 1950 during the Maria Hertogh riots
Maria Hertogh riots
The Maria Hertogh riots or Nadrah riots, began on 11 December 1950 in Singapore after a court decided that a child who had been raised by Muslims should be returned to her biological Catholic parents. A protest by outraged Muslims escalated into a riot when images were published showing 13-year-old...

. His revolver was stolen, and he died eight days later in hospital.
1951-01-02 DPC 280 Ang Beng Siong 27 Orchard Road
Tanglin Police Division
The Tanglin Police Division 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...

DPC 280 was stepping out of his home and starting his motorbike at the junction of Havelock Road and Beng Hoon Road when two gunmen fired at him from point-blank range, hitting him in both sides of his chest and in his face. The killers escaped in bicycles, while he staggered to a medicine shop nearby and collapsed on the floor. He died on the way to hospital.
1951-01-19 D/Cpl 3066 Yap Beng Teck CID D/Cpl 3066 left the home of his second wife at 67 Fraser Street and was getting into his car when two Chinese men shot him in the head, stole his revolver, and escaped in bicycles. He died in hospital an hour later.
1951-02-05 Asst Comdnt 55 SC
Singapore Volunteer Corps
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Assistant Commandant Abdul Rahman was leaving for work from his home at Lorong 6 Geylang when a lone Chinese gunman shot him at pointblank range twice in the back and neck. His police driver tried but failed to find the escaped assailant.
1951-10-18 PC 790 Shot by a communist gunman along Queen Street
Queen Street, Singapore
Queen Street is one of the oldest streets in Singapore and once had a very strong Eurasian presence. Beginning at Arab street, Queen Street forms major junctions with Ophir Road, Rochor Road, Middle Road and Bras Basah Road before ending at the junction of Stamford Road and Armenian Street.The area...

 opposite the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd
Cathedral of the Good Shepherd
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 just before commencing duty in assisting road-crossing children.
1951-11-09 PC 630 22 Kandang Kerbau PC 630 was travelling to work in a police van when the van crashed into a lamppost at the junction of Newton Road and Thomson Road
Thomson Road
Thomson Road can refer to either:*Thomson Road, Singapore*Thomson Road, Hong Kong...

. All four officers were injured, two seriously, including PC 630 who died later.
1952-03-23 PC 1797 Marine
Police Coast Guard
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Fell overboard and drowned while assisting in getting his crew ashore after completing patrol duty.
1952-04-02 DPC 108 Tan Toa Tee 28 Orchard Road
Tanglin Police Division
The Tanglin Police Division 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...

DPC 108 was last seen cycling from his friend's home at Henderson Road when gun shots were heard. His body was found by his friend with three gunshot wounds in a lallang field, and his revolver was missing.
D/SUB-Insp Tan Ah Seng
DPC 291
DPC 41 Yoong Siew Wah
DPC 495 Toh Keng Wah
1955-05-12 PC(V) 1039 Teo Bock Lan Andrew Severely beaten by the rioting mob during the Hock Lee bus riots
Hock Lee bus riots
The Hock Lee bus riots occurred on May 12, 1955, in Singapore. 4 people were killed and 31 injured in the violent and bloody riot.-Strikes begin:...

 and died in hospital later. He was the first Volunteer Special Constabulary
Volunteer Special Constabulary
The Volunteer Special Constabulary is an important component of the Singapore Police Force, contributing more than fifty years of volunteer service to the nation...

 officer to die in the line of duty.
1955-05-12 D/Cpl Yuen Yau Phang Burned to death after rioters set his car alight during the Hock Lee bus riots
Hock Lee bus riots
The Hock Lee bus riots occurred on May 12, 1955, in Singapore. 4 people were killed and 31 injured in the violent and bloody riot.-Strikes begin:...

.

1960s

Date Rank/no Name Age Division/unit Circumstance
1964-04-04 DPC 2802 24 Queenstown
Clementi Police Division
The Clementi Police Division is a police division of the Singapore Police Force. Covering the south-wested parts of Singapore, it controls an area of about 70 square kilometres which includes all or part of Bukit Merah, Bukit Timah, Clementi, Queenstown, Jurong East, as well as off-shore islands...

DPC 2802 was off-duty when he came across two thieves who just robbed the cashier of the Singapore Trading Company at Collyer Quay
Collyer Quay
Collyer Quay is a road in Downtown Core, Singapore that starts after Fullerton Road and ends at the junction of Raffles Quay, Finlayson Green and Marina Boulevard...

 of $60,000 and were trying to make their escape in a scooter along Prince Street. While arresting one of them, he was shot twice by the other thief. The thieves fled, while DPC 2802 collapsed and died in hospital later.
1965-08-05 Insp Lim Kim Sai Allan 28 CID
Criminal Investigation Department
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Part of a police party attempting an ambush on the hideout of wanted man Morgan Teo and his accomplices along Siang Lim Park after a tip-off. The house where Teo was holed up was surrounded by police, who asked the gang to surrender. Teo's accomplices surrendered after no response was made and tear gas lobbed into the house. Teo escaped by climbing into a neighbouring house, and fired a single gunshot, which hit Insp Lim in the head. Two hand grenades lobbed at the police also injured another two policemen. Insp Lim died shortly after in hospital.
1968-02-05 DPC 6603 Munisamy Naidu 23 Joo Chiat
Bedok Police Division
The Bedok Police Division is a police division of the Singapore Police Force. Based in the eastern part of Singapore, its headquarters is located at 30 Bedok North Road, operating a total of seven Neighbourhood Police Centres and 17 Neighbourhood Police Posts spread across the Bedok, Changi,...

DPC 6603 arrested a suspected secret society
Secret societies in Singapore
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 gang member along Anamalai Avenue, and brought him to a telephone booth along Bukit Timah Road
Bukit Timah Road
Bukit Timah Road is a major road in Singapore extending from the city centre to Woodlands Road on the way to Johor Bahru in Malaysia. The road has a distance of 25km , which is one of the longest roads in Singapore, and the road takes its name from the hill...

 where he tried to call for reinforcements. Four of the gang member's friends were following behind, and attacked the policeman, who managed to fire three rounds, injuring one of them. The policeman sustained seven stab wounds and collapsed on the road, while the gang members escaped with his revolver. He died on the way to the hospital.

1970s

Date Rank/no Name Age Division/unit Circumstance
1970-05-04 PC 6459 Drowned while attempting to retrieve a baton which was dropped into the sea at Tanjong Rhu
Tanjong Rhu
Tanjong Rhu is a residential neighbourhood in Kallang in the south-eastern part of Singapore.-Etymology:Tanjong Rhu is an old place name in Singapore that appeared in de Erédia's 1604 Map of Singapore, referred as "Tanjon R"....

.
1972-12-12 PC 8610 Tan Chin Swee Died in a traffic accident.
1973-04-17 DPC 3393 Ng Poh Hock 27 CID A police operation to ambush a group of criminals resulted in a shootout along Geylang Lorong 27A when officers approached one of the suspects, Ng Ah Bai, in his vehicle. DPC 3393 was shot dead just as he reached one side of the vehicle, while the suspect was shot by another detective from the other side. The suspect died later in hospital.
1973-07-12 DPC 0110 Ong Poh Heng 28 Orchard Road
Tanglin Police Division
The Tanglin Police Division 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...

He was off-duty when stopped to intervene in an argument between a bus driver and a gunman along Still Road. As soon as he identified himself as a police officer, the gunman suddenly fired two shots into the officer's chest, one of which pierced his heart, killing him instantly. The gunman then removed the cop's revolver and drove off. A cash award of S$10,000 was put up for information on the murderer.
1973-12-02 PC 8358 26 Paya Lebar
Ang Mo Kio Police Division
The Ang Mo Kio Police Division is a police division of the Singapore Police Force. With its headquarters at 51 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 9, it has eight Neighbourhood Police Centres and eight Neighbourhood Police Posts under its jurisdiction...

PC 8358 was refuelling his police van at the Paya Lebar Police Station when he spotted a police mini-bus rolling down a slope. He tried to stop the vehicle, but was run over instead. He died four hours later in hospital.
1974-03-15 PC 8358 42 Marine
Police Coast Guard
The Police Coast Guard is the Marine Police division of the Singapore Police Force which also takes on roles of the coast guard typically handled by the military or as separate organisations in other countries...

The police boat he was in was returning to base in Kallang Basin when it capsized and sank after a collision with a Russian trawler Pechorsk at the mouth of Sungei Jurong near the Jurong Pier
Jurong Pier
Jurong Pier is an area in Jurong Industrial Estate in Singapore, south of Pioneer Road and Jalan Buroh, between Jurong Pier Road and Tuas Cresent and Tuas South Avenue 5. It also includes Pulau Samulun. On the MRT system map, it is in between Boon Lay and Tuas West Stations.It is accessible through...

. Three of the crew were rescued, while PC 8358 was swept away. His body was later found.
1975-06-23 PC 8835 Low Tong Seng 37 Traffic
Traffic police
Traffic police or Traffic cops may refer to:*Police controlling traffic, see rules of the road*Traffic Cops, a BBC real-life documentary*Highway patrol*Road Policing Unit*Traffic Guard*Sri Lankan Traffic Police*Municipal police...

PC 8835 was killed when he collided with a cyclist at the junction of Jalan Toa Payoh and Kim Keat Road. The cyclist died instantly, while PC 8835 died in hospital a few hours later.
1975-07-14 PC 1750 Lim Ah Huat Died in a traffic accident along Mandai Road
Mandai Road
Mandai Road is a heritage road located in Mandai in the northern area of Singapore. The road starts from Woodlands Road and ends at Upper Thomson Road. The road was built in 1855 in a jungle and appeared in the Franklin & Jackson Plan of Singapore as a river known as R. Mandi...

 while chasing a speeding vehicle.
1976-11-27 PC 3031 Chan Ban Thian 31 PC 3031 was pursuing after a speeding motorcyclist when his police car smashed into an oncoming lorry along Upper Thomson Road near Ang Mo Kio
Ang Mo Kio
Ang Mo Kio(宏茂桥) is a heartland new town located in north central Singapore, and is generally within the North-East Region. It contains many of the common features of the island nation's neighbourhoods, e.g. hawker centres, wet markets and HDB housing blocks. Singapore's Prime Minister, Lee Hsien...

 on 25 November 1976. The lorry driver died on the spot, while the police officer died in hospital two days later.
1977-02-26 Cpl 3881 O Patpanavan 30 Jurong Town
Jurong Police Division
The Jurong Police Division is a police division of the Singapore Police Force. It manages the largest land area amongst the various land divisions in Singapore , covering the areas of Bukit Batok, Bukit Panjang, Choa Chu Kang, Jurong West, Kranji, Lim Chu Kang and Woodlands...

Upon return from duty, he was later found lying outside the police station armoury with a gun shot wound to his chest. He died on the way to hospital. The shot was later found to be accidentally discharged.
1978-01-01 Cpl 8210 30 Marine
Police Coast Guard
The Police Coast Guard is the Marine Police division of the Singapore Police Force which also takes on roles of the coast guard typically handled by the military or as separate organisations in other countries...

Cpl 8210, PC 0944, and two other officers from the Jurong Marine Base were off duty when their vehicle was forced into the back of a stationary SBS
SBS Transit
SBS Transit Limited is a public transport operator in Singapore. Its major competitor in Singapore's duopoly transport system is SMRT Corporation, which also operates bus, rail, taxi and other transport services....

 bus along Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim by another speeding vehicle. Their civilian vehicle caught fire upon impact, and the front-seat passenger, Cpl 8210, was killed on the spot. PC 0944 died three hours later in hospital, while the other two recovered from their injuries.
PC 0944 Loh Teng Hock 30
1978-04-25 SC Lee Kim Lai
Lee Kim Lai
Lee Kim Lai was a police officer who was murdered on 25 April 1978 for his service revolver by three men. A serving Police National Serviceman, he was performing police sentry duty at the Police Reserve Unit 1 base of the Singapore Police Force at Mount Vernon when he was abducted from...

18 Stabbed to death by three men who were attempting to steal his weapon. He was abducted while performing sentry duty at the Police Reserve Unit 1
Police Tactical Unit (Singapore)
The Police Tactical Unit is a paramilitary specialist unit of the Singapore Police Force and comes under the direct command of the Special Operations Command. Based in Queenstown, it is the main anti-rioting and disaster-management unit of the police force. They are also called upon to handle...

 base at Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon, Singapore
Mount Vernon is a small hill in central Singapore west of Potong Pasir and north of MacPherson Estate. Officially named in 1956, it is circumscribed by Bartley Road, Upper Aljunied Road, Upper Serangoon Road, and Upper Paya Lebar Road.-Features:...

 and dragged into a hijacked taxi, whose driver has also been murdered earlier. Lee's body was found in the abandoned taxi later with 15 cut and stab wounds, including a fatal double stab wound in the neck.
1978-05-17 Sgt 7571 Toh Say Tin 31 PRU 1
Police Tactical Unit (Singapore)
The Police Tactical Unit is a paramilitary specialist unit of the Singapore Police Force and comes under the direct command of the Special Operations Command. Based in Queenstown, it is the main anti-rioting and disaster-management unit of the police force. They are also called upon to handle...

Sgt 7571 was on special duties with 11 other officers when he slipped and fell overboard while attempting to board a boat from marine police speedboat PA 6 off Marine Parade
Marine Parade
Marine Parade is a town and an urban planning area in Singapore directly to the east of the Central Area, Singapore's central business district.-Location:...

. A non-swimmer, he was not wearing a life vest, and was swept away by the currents. His body was found on on 19 May 1978 about eight kilometres from the incident. Wearing of life vests were made mandatory for all persons aboard police veseels henceforth.
1979-04-19 Sgt 1288 43 Beach Road
Central Police Division
The Central Police Division is the oldest police division of the Singapore Police Force. It was formerly located at Beach Road Police Station...

Sgt 1288 and PC Collin Han were responding to a call with regards to a female drug suspect. While escorting her back to the police station along Lorong 10 Geylang and Geylang Road
Geylang Road
Geylang Road is a major trunk road linking Singapore's central business district with the eastern suburban areas. Deriving its name from the area of Geylang where the road cuts through, it is fronted on both sides by low-rise shophouses protected statutorily from urban redevelopment in keeping...

, she suddenly snatched Sgt 1288's service revolver, and fired a shot into his stomach. PC Han, who was driving the vehicle, managed to remove the revolver from the woman, who appeared dazed. Sgt 1288 died soon after.
1979-08-04 PC 2446 Soon Say Boon 22 Traffic
Traffic police
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PC 2446 was pursuing a vehicle along Kampong Bahru Road when he collided into the back of a stationary lorry. He died from severe injuries.

1980s

Date Rank/no Name Age Division/unit Circumstance
1980-12-05 PC 2620 Lim Kok Hui Died in an accident during in-service preparation.
1982-08-02 PC 9334 Knocked down and killed by a motorcycle.
1983-06-29 PC 8726 35 Traffic
Traffic police
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PC 8726 was involved in a convoy transporting three RSAF
Republic of Singapore Air Force
The Republic of Singapore Air Force is the air arm of the Singapore Armed Forces. It was first established in 1968 as the Singapore Air Defence Command...

 aircraft by road from Tengah Air Base to West Coast Road when he collided into one of the aircraft at the junction of Upper Ayer Rajah Road and Jurong Town Hall Road. He was dead on arrival at the hospital.
1984-09-21 SC 21 He was posted to do sentry duty at the guardroom of the Police Headquarters at Phoenix Park
Phoenix Park
Phoenix Park is an urban park in Dublin, Ireland, lying 2–4 km west of the city centre, north of the River Liffey. Its 16 km perimeter wall encloses , one of the largest walled city parks in Europe. It includes large areas of grassland and tree-lined avenues, and since the seventeenth...

. While taking a lunch break, fellow officer, VC Jamaluddin Bin Ibrahim, 19, took SC Abdul Rahman's service revolver, and began to play with it despite being told not to do so by SC Abdul Rahman. Loading a single bullet into the revolver, he fired at SC Abdul Rahman's head, resulting in a single round discharged on his second trigger which killed the officer.
1984-11-24 PC 2816 26 Tanglin
Tanglin Police Division
The Tanglin Police Division 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...

PC 2816 and PC Lou Chung Hung, 20, were on mobile squad duty when they stopped two cyclists to conduct a routine check along Newton Road. PC 2816 was standing to the front of the police car and PC Lou towards the rear when a passing car knocked the police car into the pavement, injuring both officers. The car driver was found to be under the influence of alcohol. PC 2816 subsequently died in hospital, while PC Lou escaped with minor injuries.
1984-12-06 Sgt 3370 Chin Ah Kow 43 Marine
Police Coast Guard
The Police Coast Guard is the Marine Police division of the Singapore Police Force which also takes on roles of the coast guard typically handled by the military or as separate organisations in other countries...

Police boat PX-5 left its base in Jurong for routine patrol. En-route, SC Abdul Rashid Bin Mohammed Said shot Sgt 3370 in the head and threw his body overboard. PC 8627 and a fourth officer, PC Shamsudin Bin Haji Ali were forced off the boat, and subsequently found near Pulau Senang
Pulau Senang
Pulau Senang is a 81.7-hectare coral island about 13 kilometres off the southern coast of Singapore. Along with Pulau Pawai and Pulau Sudong, it is used as a military training area for live-fire exercises...

, by which time PC 8627 had drowned and PC Shamsudin the sole survivor. Sgt 3370's body was never found.
PC 8627 Wahid Bin Ahmad 26
1985-07-04 PC 7365 36 Paya Lebar
Ang Mo Kio Police Division
The Ang Mo Kio Police Division is a police division of the Singapore Police Force. With its headquarters at 51 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 9, it has eight Neighbourhood Police Centres and eight Neighbourhood Police Posts under its jurisdiction...

Died in hospital from his injuries sustained in a traffic accident when the patrol car he was driving collided into the back of a taxi in April 1985.
1985-12-19 PC 3649 Goh Ah Khia 40 CID Shot and killed by notorious gunman Lim Keng Peng aka Ah Huat, who had earlier killed a restaurant owner. PC 3649 and two other officers instructed Ah Huat to stop along Jalan Pelikat on 18 December 1985 after responding to a police nuisance call when he suddenly turned around and shot PC 3649. The officer died in hospital several hours later.
1989-02-16 Cpl 2977 23 Bedok
Bedok Police Division
The Bedok Police Division is a police division of the Singapore Police Force. Based in the eastern part of Singapore, its headquarters is located at 30 Bedok North Road, operating a total of seven Neighbourhood Police Centres and 17 Neighbourhood Police Posts spread across the Bedok, Changi,...

PC 2977 was on patrol duty when he and PC Chua Yew Hua gave chase to two suspects who had tried to break into a minimart and a hairdressing salon. The suspects ran in different directions, and the two officers pursued after each suspect alone. PC 2977 brought down one of the suspects, and engaged in a tussle with him on the ground near Tampines
Tampines
Tampines is the largest residential area in the city-state of Singapore and is located in the East Region of the main island. The town is so named because in the 1900s a large forest of Tampines trees were there....

 Block 127, during which the officer was repeatedly stabbed. The suspect managed to snatch the officer's revolver from his holster and shot him in the head. He went into a coma, and was given a rare field promotion to a rank of Corporal just before he died in hospital. PC Chua was also injured and hospitalised, but successfully arrested the other suspect. Cpl 2977 was the last police officer to die from firearms violence. After years of similar incidents, this incident prompted a redesign of the gun holster to make it snatch-proof, and officers were advised against splitting up when pursuing suspects for their personal safety.

1990s

Date Rank/no Name Age Division/unit Circumstance
1990-09-21 Cpl 8951 Tan Tiang Hwa 31 Traffic
Traffic police
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Cpl 8951 was on enforcement patrol with the ROV Enforcement Unit when he rammed into the back of a lorry which was reversing after missing a junction along Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim. Cpl 8951 was knocked off his motorbike, and was rolled over by the lorry's wheels, killing him instantly.
1991-08-26 LCP 7290 Ong Chin Woo 23 CID His unmarked police car with three officers lost control and collided into an SBS
SBS Transit
SBS Transit Limited is a public transport operator in Singapore. Its major competitor in Singapore's duopoly transport system is SMRT Corporation, which also operates bus, rail, taxi and other transport services....

 bus at the junction of Upper Changi Road and Bedok South Road. LCP 7290, the back-seat passenger, was killed on the spot, while the other two officers and six passengers on the bus were injured. He was posthumously promoted to the rank of Cpl .
1991-10-25 VC 19 He was riding his bicycle to work when he collided with a van at the junction of Boon Lay Drive and Corporation Road on 23 October 1991. He succumbed to his injuries two days later.
1994-05-21 Cpl Hoi Kim Heng
Hoi Kim Heng
Corporal Hoi Kim Heng was a police officer of the Singapore Police Force who was stabbed to death at the age of 24 by Soh Loo Ban after a chase near Fook Hai Building in Singapore on 21 May 1994. He was the second last police officer to be murdered in the line of duty, the last being that of SI...

24 Central
Central Police Division
The Central Police Division is the oldest police division of the Singapore Police Force. It was formerly located at Beach Road Police Station...

While on a routine spot-check on a subject, Soh Loo Ban, along Nankin Street, Cpl Hoi and his partner, Cpl Tan Huang Yee gave chase when Soh stabbed Cpl Tan on his arm with a 10-cm knife after being stopped during a routine security check. When nearing the Fook Hai Building, Soh collided with a pursing Cpl Hoi, stabbing him fatally in the neck with his knife. Cpl Tan subsequently shot Soh dead in the chest at the Hong Lim Food Centre after a struggle on the floor in which Cpl Tan received more stab wounds. Cpl Tan recovered from his injuries, and was given a rare field promotion to a sergeant on 23 May 1994. Cpl Hoi was given the same promotion posthumously, and was ceremoniously cremated with full police honours and awarded the Medal of Valour
Pingat Keberanian Polis
The Pingat Keberanian Polis, also known as the Police Medal of Valour and the Police Gallantry Medal, is awarded to a police officer of the Singapore Police Force who displays exceptional courage during situations of danger...

.
1994-11-30 SSSgt Boo Tiang Huat 47 Tanglin
Tanglin Police Division
The Tanglin Police Division 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...

During a routine spot-check at Newton Road, SSSgt Boo requested Zainal Abidin Abdul Malik, 29, to open his car boot for Inspection, and upon doing so, the Zainal withdrew an axe and struck SSSgt Boo in the head with it. Zainal was arrested after a short chase, convicted of murder, and sentenced to death
Capital punishment in Singapore
Capital punishment is a legal form of punishment in Singapore. The city-state had the highest per-capita execution rate in the world between 1994 and 1999, estimated by the United Nations to be 1.357 executions per hundred thousand of population during that period. The next highest was Turkmenistan...

 after his appeal was rejected. He was given a posthumous promotion to the rank of SI, and awarded the Medal of Valour
Pingat Keberanian Polis
The Pingat Keberanian Polis, also known as the Police Medal of Valour and the Police Gallantry Medal, is awarded to a police officer of the Singapore Police Force who displays exceptional courage during situations of danger...

. This incident was the last since an officer has been feloniously killed while on official duty.
1996-02-16 Cpl 7531 31 Bedok
Bedok Police Division
The Bedok Police Division is a police division of the Singapore Police Force. Based in the eastern part of Singapore, its headquarters is located at 30 Bedok North Road, operating a total of seven Neighbourhood Police Centres and 17 Neighbourhood Police Posts spread across the Bedok, Changi,...

The Fast Response Car
Fast Response Car
Singapore Police Force land division officers typically respond to calls in rapid-deployment vehicles now known as the Fast Response Car which are the main police cars in Singapore. Prior to 2000, they were known in public simply as police patrol cars....

 he was in was responding to a case when it lost control, skidded, and crashed into a tree along Upper Changi Road East, resulting in his death. Three other officers in the car recovered from their injuries.
1996-09-14 SSSgt 2415 Ng Beng Huat Collapsed and died from a cardiac respiratory failure.
1997-02-18 Cpl 2176 Lim Kok Seng 24 Traffic
Traffic police
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Cpl 2176 was travelling along Upper Changi Road when he collided with an on-coming garbage truck turning into Changi North Street 1. The impact caused Cpl 2176 to be thrown off his police motorbike, and died at the scene an hour later. The truck driver was believed to be drunk. As he was due for promotion soon after his time of death, he was given a posthumous promotion to the rank of Sergeant.
1998-10-26 SSgt 9858 35 Central
Central Police Division
The Central Police Division is the oldest police division of the Singapore Police Force. It was formerly located at Beach Road Police Station...

Killed in a hit-and-run accident while on his way to work at the junction of Tampines Avenue 1 and Tampines Avenue 10. The traffic lights was in his favour when a lorry collided into his motorcycle.
1999-10-09 SC/Cpl Kwah Choon Khiat Johaan 23 Jurong
Jurong Police Division
The Jurong Police Division is a police division of the Singapore Police Force. It manages the largest land area amongst the various land divisions in Singapore , covering the areas of Bukit Batok, Bukit Panjang, Choa Chu Kang, Jurong West, Kranji, Lim Chu Kang and Woodlands...

Succumbed to his injuries in hospital after meeting with a traffic accident on 4 October 1999. The fast response car
Fast Response Car
Singapore Police Force land division officers typically respond to calls in rapid-deployment vehicles now known as the Fast Response Car which are the main police cars in Singapore. Prior to 2000, they were known in public simply as police patrol cars....

 he was in crashed into the central divider along Woodlands Road near junction with Jalan Bumbong while responding to a message. The impact sent SC/Cpl Kwah crashing through the windscreen and landing on the opposite side of the road, and died five days later from severe head injuries. Upon his death, his case was highlighted in the media when his family agreed to donate his organs to six recipients, although one patient who received his heart subsequently developed complications and died. The driver of the police vehicle, SSgt Yeo Jin Kin Adrain, 25, escaped relatively unhurt and was subsequently charged for dangerous driving.
1999-11-29 Sgt 98574 Ho Boon Chee 21 Jurong
Jurong Police Division
The Jurong Police Division is a police division of the Singapore Police Force. It manages the largest land area amongst the various land divisions in Singapore , covering the areas of Bukit Batok, Bukit Panjang, Choa Chu Kang, Jurong West, Kranji, Lim Chu Kang and Woodlands...

Killed when his fast response car
Fast Response Car
Singapore Police Force land division officers typically respond to calls in rapid-deployment vehicles now known as the Fast Response Car which are the main police cars in Singapore. Prior to 2000, they were known in public simply as police patrol cars....

 crashed along Choa Chu Kang Avenue 1 into a tree while responding to a message in the night of 28 November 1999. The driver, a 21-year old sergeant, was trapped in the vehicle, while Sgt 98574 was removed from the car by passersby. Sgt 98574, who was 11 months in the force, died in hospital about five hours later, while the driver recovered from his injuries. He was the third police officer to die in three months, the first case of which involved an off-duty officer, sergeant Fazil Sengwan, 23, who died instantly in a car crash along Changi Coast Road on 7 September 1999. The police came forward to publicise the driving skills which officers are equipped in the media.

2000s

Date Rank/no Name Age Division/unit Circumstance
2000-05-02 SI Yap Kin Lai 44 Tanglin
Tanglin Police Division
The Tanglin Police Division 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...

Killed in a traffic accident on his way home at the junction of Yishun Avenue 1 and Yishun Ring Road, when the motorbike he was riding on collided with a car. Another off-duty police officer, Mohammad Halil Bin Hashi, 24, died in another accident on the same day along Bedok Reservoir Road.
2000-05-15 SC/Cpl Sam Yeow Piang 23 Airport He and fellow serviceman, Ong Kian Yong, 22, were on their way home from Changi Airport
Singapore Changi Airport
Singapore Changi Airport , Changi International Airport, or simply Changi Airport, is the main airport in Singapore. A major aviation hub in Southeast Asia, it is about north-east from the commercial centre in Changi, on a site....

 after work when he lost control of the motorcycle along Tampines Expressway
Tampines Expressway
The Tampines Expressway is a highway in the north-eastern fringe of Singapore, joining the Pan Island Expressway near Singapore Changi Airport in the east with the Central Expressway and Seletar Expressway in the north of the island.The original part of this expressway started at the end of...

 and crashed into the central divider. Ong survived with slight injuries.
2001-03-03 SC/Cpl 22 Airport The police Land Rover driven by Sgt Tan lost control and flipped several times across Airport Boulevard near the Singapore Airport Terminal Services
Singapore Airport Terminal Services
SATS Ltd. , commonly abbreviated as SATS is the chief ground-handling and in-flight catering service provider at Singapore Changi Airport. SATS controls about 80% of Changi airport's ground handling and catering business....

 Inflight Catering Centre in the direction towards Singapore Changi Airport
Singapore Changi Airport
Singapore Changi Airport , Changi International Airport, or simply Changi Airport, is the main airport in Singapore. A major aviation hub in Southeast Asia, it is about north-east from the commercial centre in Changi, on a site....

, tossing several officers onto the road. SC/Cpl Dzulkha and NSPI Ranosasni died in hospital on the same day of the accident, while Sgt 98227 died the next day. Seven other officers survived the accident. The police pointed out that the Land Rover was not overloaded, as the vehicle was carrying ten officers while the maximum capacity was 11. The accident is the worse in terms of numbers of casualties in a single incident involving Singapore police officers since the death of three Constables on 24 July 1950 after a car plouged into them.
NSPI 23
2001-03-04 Sgt 98227 Tan Chiew Leong Benny 23
2001-06-14 Sgt 96782 Quek Yew Ming 26 Central Flung off the police scooter he was riding on when it collided into a taxi at the junction of Victoria Street
Victoria Street, Singapore
Victoria Street [Tamil]: விக்டோரியா ஸ்திரீட் is a street located in the Central Area of Singapore. The street starts at Victoria Bridge at the end of Kallang Road, after the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority building, in the north and continues as Hill Street at its junction with Stamford Road...

 and Ophir Road
Ophir Road
Ophir Road is a road that starts after the junction of Sungei Road and Jalan Besar and ends after the Ophir Flyover leading towards East Coast Parkway to Ayer Rajah Expressway or Singapore Changi Airport. The road is located within the planning areas of Kallang, Downtown Core and Rochor...

 at about 0515 hours while he was on night shift. He died in hospital eight hours later.
2002-12-27 SI Ong Kah Kiong Anthony 43 Bedok
Bedok Police Division
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Team leader SI Ong and SC/Cpl Muhammad Syakir on normal supervisory rounds from the Changi Neighbourhood Police Centre died when their patrol car was hit from the rear by a large garbage truck along Tanah Merah Ferry Road. The impact of the crash sent the patrol car off the road, flipping over and landing on its roof, with the truck landing on top of the patrol car. Both officers were crushed and killed on the spot.
SC/Cpl 22
2003-06-29 Sgt 99308 24 Jurong
Jurong Police Division
The Jurong Police Division is a police division of the Singapore Police Force. It manages the largest land area amongst the various land divisions in Singapore , covering the areas of Bukit Batok, Bukit Panjang, Choa Chu Kang, Jurong West, Kranji, Lim Chu Kang and Woodlands...

Died from her injuries in hospital when the police van she was in collided with another vehicle along Kranji Way on 24 June 2003. She was the first female police officer of the Singapore Police Force to die while on duty. The other two officers, including the 25-year old driver, recovered from their injuries.
2005-10-09 SSgt 4199 32 Ang Mo Kio
Ang Mo Kio Police Division
The Ang Mo Kio Police Division is a police division of the Singapore Police Force. With its headquarters at 51 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 9, it has eight Neighbourhood Police Centres and eight Neighbourhood Police Posts under its jurisdiction...

Lost control of his police motorbike along Yio Chu Kang Road near the Tamarind Road junction and died from internal chest injuries sustained after being thrown off his vehicle. His partner who was riding ahead of him was not involved in the accident.
2005-11-09 SSSgt(V) 1104 Seah Ben Hur 42 Traffic Police Killed after being hit by a tipper lorry which failed to stop at a routine police road block along Dairy Farm Road towards Upper Bukit Timah Road. He was the second Volunteer Special Constabulary
Volunteer Special Constabulary
The Volunteer Special Constabulary is an important component of the Singapore Police Force, contributing more than fifty years of volunteer service to the nation...

 (VSC) to die in the line of duty, since 12 May 1955. Two other VSC officers, including his 46 year old wife, were injured. He was given a posthumous promotion to the rank of Station Inspector
Station Inspector
Station Inspector is the third highest non-commissioned officer rank in the Singapore Police Force, below that of Senior Station Inspector....

. The lorry driver, Lim Hock Siew, 43, pleaded gulty to causing grievous hurt on 27 September 2006, and was sentenced on 2 October 2006.
2007-04-14 SI 2459 41 PCG
Police Coast Guard
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Two Interceptor Crafts of the Special Task Squadron were on ambush duty off Tuas
Tuas
Tuas is largely an industrial zone located in the western part of Singapore. The Tuas Planning Area is located within the West Region, and is bounded by Tengeh Reservoir to the north, Strait of Johor to the west, Straits of Singapore to the south, and the Pan Island Expressway to the east.It is...

 in the vicinity of Tuas Jetty, when a speedboat with six illegal immigrants and cartons of cigarettes intruded into Singapore's territorial waters at about 9.30 pm on 13 April 2007. The speedboat sped off when approached by the police, resulting in a five-minute chase which resulted in a collision between one of the crafts and the speedboat near Pulau Merambong
Pulau Merambong
Pulau Merambong is an uninhabited island located in Johor, Malaysia, just off the western side of the Malaysia-Singapore Border. The island is dominated by mangrove swamp.-Conservation:...

. Both boats capsized, while the speedboat was completely wrecked. SSgt Sharul Khamis, 33, and Cpl Benji Lim, in his 20s, were rescued from the scene within minutes with minor injuries, while SI Mohd Khalid and SSgt Heah were reported missing. Their bodies were later found trapped in the steering compartment of the capsized craft on 14 April 2007 at about 8.15 am. All four officers were wearing lifevests at the time of the incident. Three passengers on the intruding vessels were also rescued, and a fourth man found dead. The rest of the passengers were not found. The two officers were the first casualties for the STS and the PCG since the latter's evolution from the Marine Division in 1993. It was also the first instance in which a police boat capsizes, and the first police fatalities arising as a result of a high speed chase. Both officers were posthumously promoted to the ranks of Senior Station Inspector
Senior Station Inspector
Senior station inspector is the second highest non-commissioned officer rank in the Singapore Police Force, below that of senior station inspector ....

 and Senior Staff Sergeant
Senior Staff Sergeant
A senior staff sergeant in the Singapore Police Force ranks between staff sergeant and station inspector....

 respectively.
SSgt T01217 Heah Khim Han 29
2008-03-05 Cpl T07260 22 Central
Central Police Division
The Central Police Division is the oldest police division of the Singapore Police Force. It was formerly located at Beach Road Police Station...

Killed in a traffic accident on his way to work at Parliament House
Parliament House, Singapore
The Parliament House of Singapore is a public building and cultural landmark and houses the Parliament of Singapore. It is located in the Civic District of the Downtown Core within Singapore's central business district . Within its vicinity is Raffles Place, which lies across it from the Singapore...

 for routine security duties. His motorcycle collided with a van at the junction of Eu Tong Sen Street
Eu Tong Sen Street
Eu Tong Sen Street is a one-way road located in the central part of Singapore in the planning areas of Outram, Singapore River and Bukit Merah...

 and Hospital Drive at about 09:30 hours, and was pronounced dead at the scene at about 09:40 hours. The officer joined the force in 2007.
2008-05-15 TSC 19 Training Command
Training Command
Training Command may refer to:*RAF Training Command*Training Command, Indian Air Force*Training Command, Military of Serbia*Training Command of the Singapore Police Force*Training Command of the U.S. Army Air Force, forerunner of the U. S. Air Force...

Collapsed shortly after commencing a trial Individual Physical Proficiency Test
Individual physical proficiency test
The Individual Physical Proficiency Test is a test of physical fitness used by the Singapore Armed Forces, Singapore Police Force and Singapore Civil Defence Force to determine the level of fitness of their members....

 conducted at the Home Team Academy
Home Team Academy
The Home Team Academy is the training institute for various organisations of the Ministry of Home Affairs in Singapore, including the Singapore Police Force, the Singapore Civil Defence Force, the Central Narcotics Bureau, the Singapore Prison Service, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority,...

 on 13 May 2008. He was reported to have been unwell before the run, and died in hospital two days later due to complications caused by heat stroke. Further enquiry found that he has failed to report that he had a fever, and insisted on continuing the run despite concerns from squad-mates.

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