MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS • 2013 ISSUE NO. 4
by practitioners, for practitioners
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS IN HOMEFRONT SECURITY AND SAFETY:
HOME TEAM JOURNAL • 2013 ISSUE NO. 4 ENGAGING HEARTS AND MINDS
A publication of the Home Team Academy
About the Home Team Academy The Home Team Academy (HTA) is a Department under the Ministry of Home Affairs that is committed to the training of Home Team officers in Homefront Security and Safety. The Academy aims to spearhead training in Counter-Terrorism, Law Enforcement, Crisis Management and Emergency Preparedness. It also conducts a wide range of programmes, including Behavioural Sciences and Leadership Development.
www.hta.gov.sg ISSN: 2010-0167 HOME TEAM JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD
GUEST EDITOR Tai Wei Shyong
CHAIRMAN Jerry See
ISSUE NO. 4 DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON Logapreyan Renganathan
The Home Team Journal is a professional journal published EDITORIAL CONSULTANTS Eugene Heng by the Home Team Academy Susan Sim to highlight the work of the Home Team and its knowledge partners in Homefront Security CHIEF EDITOR and Safety. The Journal also Lim Jing Jing functions as a forum for engagement, exchange and discussion over the broad and DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS diverse range of issues and Chan Keen Mun interests that come under the Charles Shng subject of Homefront security Diana Durga Devi and safety. Jasmin Kaur Jaswant Singh Peter Tay Robert Chia Tan Teck Tien Toh Cui Lin Winsome Chow
ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM Esther Chang Yvonne Chan
Please address all contributions and correspondence to: Home Team Journal Editorial Board Knowledge Management Branch, Strategic Affairs Centre Home Team Academy 501 Old Choa Chu Kang Road, Singapore 698928 For comments and feedback, please mail to [email protected]. MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS • 2013 ISSUE NO. 4
FOREWORD 2 By Jerry See EDITORIAL 4 By Tai Wei Shyong INTRODUCTION TOP STORY 6 The Community Engagement Programme: Nurturing a Living Partnership Ong-Chew Peck Wan, with box story by Asad Latif PARTNERSHIP FEATURES 16 Community Policing in Diverse Societies: The Singapore Story T. Raja Kumar 26 Why Community Policing Works Tang Gek Hsien
34 Security Outreach and Partnership: The ISD Story Security Education Command 43 Meeting the Challenge of Preparing the Nation for Emergencies Khaisarah Mansor 52 Community Involvement in Rehabilitation of Offenders in Singapore Desmond Chin, with box story by Teo Tze Fang 63 A Symbiotic Edge in the Fight Against Drug Abuse: The Alliance Between National Council Against Drug Abuse and Central Narcotics Bureau NCADA and CNB HOME TEAM EXCHANGE 73 Home Team’s Mr. Volunteer lays out his Plans for the HT Volunteer Network Home Team Journal 80 Book review on I Love a Cop: What Police Families Need to Know (Revised Ed.) Koh Yak Leng 85 Book review on I Love A Fire Fighter: What The Family Needs to Know Yazid Abdullah
89 Publications on Home Team’s Community Partnerships
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The opinions expressed in this Journal are the authors’ own and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Ministry of Home Affairs. FOREWORD Foreword by Chairman