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Criminal Investigation Department in Singapore From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is one of the many departments under the Singapore Police Force for premier investigation and staff authority for criminal investigation matters within the Singapore Police Force.[1]
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Abbreviation | CID |
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National agency | Singapore |
Operations jurisdiction | Singapore |
Governing body | Government of Singapore |
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Overseen by | Ministry of Home Affairs |
Headquarters | Police Cantonment Complex |
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Parent agency | Singapore Police Force |
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It is led by the Director of CID and assisted by 3 Deputy Directors. CID has a staff of over 500 officers: Senior Investigation Officers, Investigation Officers, Police Officers and Civilian Officers.
The CID conducts inquiries into a variety of criminal offences in Singapore, and is empowered to make arrests. Recent high-profile investigations include the death of Shane Todd in 2013.[2] The present director is Senior Assistant Commissioner How Kwang Hwee.
CID is led by a Director, currently DC How Kwang Hwee, and 3 Deputy Directors.
There are a total of 8 divisions in CID, with each division led by an assistant director, namely:[3]
In 2006, a police procedural series, C.I.D. was produced by Mediacorp, starring Tay Ping Hui, Qi Yuwu, Apple Hong, Jeanette Aw, Ong Ai Leng, Brandon Wong and Zhang Yaodong.
This was followed with a collaboration between the CID and Mediacorp in 2010, 2011 and 2012, Unriddle C.L.I.F. and Unriddle 2, another police procedural series, in which the C.L.I.F. series lead to four sequels, C.L.I.F. 2, C.L.I.F. 3, C.L.I.F. 4 and C.L.I.F. 5.
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