Tanglin Police Division
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: 东陵警区) is a police division
Police division
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of the Singapore Police Force
Singapore Police Force
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. It manages a varied, highly urbanised area of central Singapore, which includes the public housing towns of Bishan
Bishan
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, Toa Payoh
Toa Payoh
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and parts of Kallang
Kallang
Kallang is an urban planning area and a subdivision located in the southeastern part of Singapore.It is probably best known for being the location of the Singapore Indoor Stadium & the old National Stadium, as well as the new Singapore Sports Hub...
, large areas of private housing areas such as those in Bukit Timah
Bukit Timah
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and Novena
Novena
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, as well as key commercial areas such as Orchard Road
Orchard Road
Orchard Road is a road in Singapore that is the retail and entertainment hub of the city-state. It is regularly frequented by the local population as well as being a major tourist attraction...
and Clarke Quay
Clarke Quay
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. Policing duties are carried out from five Neighbourhood Police Centre
Neighbourhood Police Centre
A neighbourhood police centre is a mid-sized police station in Singapore, introduced in 1997 to replace the Singapore Police Force's Neighbourhood Police Post system...
s (NPC) and twelve Neighbourhood Police Posts (NPP).
History
The 'E' Division was headquartered at Orchard Police Station in the Orchard RoadOrchard Road
Orchard Road is a road in Singapore that is the retail and entertainment hub of the city-state. It is regularly frequented by the local population as well as being a major tourist attraction...
area, before moving to Tanglin Police Station at 17 Napier Road
Napier Road, Singapore
Napier Road is a road located within the Tanglin Planning Area in Singapore.The road starts with its junction with Holland Road and Cluny Road near the Singapore Botanic Gardens to the west, and ends at its junction with Tanglin Road and Grange Road to the east, near the Orchard Road shopping...
between Orchard Road and the Botanical Gardens
Singapore Botanic Gardens
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in 1980. 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
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...
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
- Tanglin Police Divisional Headquarters
- Bishan Neighbourhood Police Centre
- Bishan Neighbourhood Police Post
- Thomson Neighbourhood Police Post
- Bukit Timah Neighbourhood Police Centre
- River Valley Neighbourhood Police Post
- Kim Seng Neighbourhood Police Post
- Kampong Java Neighbourhood Police Centre
- Whitley Neighbourhood Police Post
- Moulmein Neighbourhood Police Post
- Cairnhill Neighbourhood Police Post
- Whampoa Extended Police Post
- Orchard Neighbourhood Police Centre
- Toa Payoh Neighbourhood Police Centre
- Boon Teck South Neighbourhood Police Post
- Kim Keat Neighbourhood Police Post
- Potong Pasir Neighbourhood Police Post
- Aljunied Neighbourhood Police Post
- Bishan Neighbourhood Police Centre