New Punggol NPC sees 260 sign up for COP

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New Punggol Neighbourhood Police Centre sees 260 residents sign up for the Citizens-on-Patrol initiative since 1 Nov 2012. Residents will go beyond traditional joint patrols with police and will be trained to help detect and deter crime.

Punggol NPC is the fourth in a line of NPCs to adopt the Community Policing System (COPS) into its daily operations.

Tampines NPC, Clementi NPC and Bukit Merah NPC have already adopted the system while Bishan, SengKang, Woodlands East and Woodlands West will join them within 2013.

COPS strive to steadily increase collaboration between enforcement officers and members of the public to deter, detect and prevent crime.

The initiative leverages every channel possible for police officers and residents to interact and forge positive and effective partnerships to reinforce Police’s efforts to keep the neighbourhoods safe and secure.

This includes having more police officers deployed on bicycle patrols and increasing their engagement with residents.

The enhanced engagement efforts led to the recruitment of 260 new Citizens-on-Patrol (COP) members in Punggol since 1 Nov 2012 bringing the total number of members to 500.

Beyond carrying out the traditional joint monthly patrols with police officers, members will be given more information on crime trends and attend training sessions by SPF where they will be taught how they can help to detect and deter crime.

These resident members will also help use social media channels to increase awareness of crime prevention methods.

“People have to understand that what we do is for the benefit of the community around us. Personally, knowing that I have the power to help keep the community safe and secure is why I wanted to join COP,” said Mr Haja Nizamudeen, Chairman of Punggol Coral Tree Resident Committee.