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The post was created with the passing of the Police Act in 1857, in response to calls for a full-time dedicated police officer to helm the police force in response to escalating cases of violent crime in Singapore during that period. Thomas Dunman thus became the first police commissioner, and the first full-time superintendent of police, with a salary of 800 rupees per month. 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... A Police Commissioner is the head or chief officer of many police organisations. ... A superintendent is an individual that has executive oversight and administration rights, usually within an educational entity or organization. ...

When Singapore became a Crown Colony in 1867, the role of the police commissioner was expanded to include that of the entire Straits Settlements, with the title changed to that of Inspector-General of Police. This lasted until the Japanese Occupation of Singapore in 1942, before the post was restored as the Commissioner of Police in 1946 with the return of the British and the gradual instatement of local rule. A United Kingdom overseas territory (formerly known as a dependent territory or earlier as a crown colony) is a territory that is under the sovereignty and formal control of the United Kingdom but is not part of the United Kingdom proper (Great Britain and Northern Ireland). ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Straits Settlements were a collection of territories of the British East India Company in Southeast Asia, which were given collective administration in 1826. ... The Japanese Occupation of Singapore was to become a major turning point in the history of several nations, including that of the Japanese, who rampaged down the Malay Peninsula with the singular intent of occupying Singapore to gain greater control over her war-time resource gathering efforts, the British, with... This article is about the year. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Commissioners and Inspector-Generals of Police

Commissioner of Police, Singapore Police Force, Straits Settlements Police

• Thomas Dunman (1857-1871)

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Inspector-General of Police, Straits Settlements Police

• C B Plunket (1871-1876)
• Samuel Dunlop (1876-1890)
• R W Maxwell (1891-1895)
• E G Pennefather (1895-1906)
• W A Cuscaden (1906-1914)
• A R Chandellor (1914-1923)
• G C Denham (1923-1925)
• H Fairburn (1925-1935)
• Rene H de S Onraet (1935-1939)
• Arthur Harold Dickinson (1939-1942)

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Commissioner of Police, Singapore Police Force

• R E Foulger (1946-1951)
• J P Pennefather-Evans (1951-1952)
• Nigel G Morris (1952-1957)
• E Alan G Blades (1957-1963)
• John Le Cain (1963-1967)
• Cheam Kim Seang (1967-1971)
• Tan Teck Khim (1971-1979)
• Goh Yong Hong (1979-1992)
• Tee Tua Ba (1992-1997)
• Khoo Boon Hui (1997 to date)

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References

• "Policing Singapore in the 19th & 20th centuries", Peer M. Akbur, Singapore Police Force, 2002 ISBN 981047024X