Ensuring a Successful Run VOLUME 41 NO. 7 of the Games Our SEA Games Preparations Doing the Force and the Nation Proud POLICE LIFE 03 Contents Logistics and 03 04 Logistics and Our SEA Games Operations Go Operations Go Preparations Hand-in-hand Hand-in-hand SAC Cheang Keng Keong By 05 06 Director, Police Logistics Department Ensuring Integrity Doing the Force and and Fairness at the Nation Proud Be it a major sporting event like the SEA Games the Games or a complex police operation, SPF’s logistics capabilities form the backbone and there are many new initiatives in place to ensure the force remains 08 10 ahead of the curve, says Director, PLD, SAC Cheang Securing the Sharing the Keng Keong. He was speaking to ASP (NS) Loh Wee Games Spotlight Lee of the Public Affairs Department. Editor’s Note I remember cramming into a university friend’s hostel room with a bunch of other hostel mates at 2am to watch Singapore’s athletes competing in the 2004 12 13 Olympic Games. The 8.30am lecture that was going to Our Role in the Setting Foot happen in a few hours’ time wasn’t going to stand in Glorious SEA Games in the City apolean Bonaparte, a great French for rest areas, check stations for vehicles and world-class inventory management systems that our way of cheering on Singapore! My friends and I just conqueror, underestimated the importance barricades were set up at various sites to facilitate have underpinned Singapore’s success in the global brimmed with excitement and pride as we supported Nof logistics in his war conquests. Despite the Police operations. PLD also made selective post- supply chain and logistics space. In selected areas our nation’s athletes. valour of his troops and effectiveness of his fighting set up checks to ensure the infrastructure met the where prior Operational knowledge is essential, we tactics, he was eventually floored by his Achilles necessary requirements. will continue to staff and train uniform officers to th Fast forward 11 years, Singapore hosted the 28 South heel – logistics, or rather, the lack thereof. When provide the useful operational insights. East Asian Games (SEA Games). The excitement and his logistics were unable to keep pace with the pride I felt as I supported Team Singapore did not 14 15 New Mindsets Our Instrumental Looking After advancement of his troops, his increasingly weary New Solutions change. However, my experience of the Games was very I have always reminded our logistics officers to Volunteers Our Men and Women and under-equipped men eventually lost the war. different from all other major sporting events. I was be nimble, and adopt a mindset that Operations Beyond fulfilling requirements, we need to be proactive logistics solutions providers to all looking at the SEA Games through the Singapore Police We have, thankfully, learnt from his mistake, and requirements almost always change at the last our customers. We work so closely with all our Force’s eye. it is a mistake that we cannot afford to make. minute, as dictated by the scope and terrain of our Operations and the fluidity of the ground Operations counterparts – Frontline, Invest, While the various countries’ athletes were giving Logistics must be a core capability to achieve the situation. Hence, within the available time frame, Intel, and so on. We have such an intimate view their best shot in their respective sports, the Police Singapore Police Force’s (SPF) mission. of Operations that we intimately understand was keeping a watchful eye. Officers were deployed at the logistics must be ever-ready to respond and 16 In 2014, I took over the leadership of Police Logistics the planning and on-the-ground challenges and various SEA Games-related venues all over the island, meet the requests – there is no absolutely no luxury Marking the End Department (PLD). Despite my earlier familiarity constraints. Coupled with the declining birth from the moment the athletes arrived at Changi of the Games of “sufficient lead time”. Airport, to the official SEA Games hotels where athletes with the work of this department, I quickly realised rate and eventual shrinkage in Police manpower stayed, to the numerous sporting venues. We wanted to how the Police logistics business has evolved In recent years, every officer in every department resources, I am prodding my Logistics team to ensure that any crime or law and order situation would significantly over the years. Consequently, the PLD in the entire public service is facing increasing constantly brainstorm new logistics solutions be prevented or deterred. business model must change accordingly. scrutiny on compliance with rules and regulations. to improve the way we conduct Operations. Not Acknowledgements The discoveries and prosecution of various lapses every idea will work, but we want to be relentless The traditional mantra has always been that My team of photographers and journalists similarly went have led to the introduction of new safeguards to purveyors of new ideas. Special mention goes to the following who contributed photos or wrote or vetted articles for this publication: all over Singapore to bring you the most comprehensive operations requirements drive logistics support. improve accountability when it comes to using th insight into the Police’s involvement in the 28 SEA Cpl (NS) Mohamed Azahar SC/Sgt Iskandar Mohd Isa Clementi Division This prevailing thought still holds true today, and public resources. The challenge is to maintain Apart from internal networks, we are strengthening Games. This massive exercise has cumulated into this Bin Mohamed Rashid SC Leong Hong Hao Central Division will remain so for the foreseeable future. That our agility while being fully compliant – that is our external networks with our partners, so that special edition of Police Life. I hope you enjoy reading it. perspective is already quite well embedded in the Mr Luis Tay Kaizhi ASP (NS) Loh Wee Lee Jurong Division something which requires a deep and thorough we can explore new logistical equipment that is way PLD has been structured and performing, be Mr Darrell Leong Insp (NS) Lee U-Wen Bedok Division understanding of various procurement rules and already marketed, or in other instances, be co- Tham Yee Lin it for supporting daily ad-hoc operations or driving Editor SC Ahmad Khairi Rusydi Ang Mo Kio Division Traffic Police framework. partners to pilot new logistical concepts. This will well-orchestrated major events such as the 28th SC/Cpl Amin Azrin Tanglin Division Volunteer Special Constabulary keep us relevant, and and be at the forefront of SEA Games. Embedded in our vision, PLD provides To manage all these trends that I have outlined logistics development in the larger market. effective and efficient means to support SPF, and above, we are embarking on three major initiatives Committee we are relentless in being timely, reliable and to build our new Logistics target operating model. Streamlining the System efficient in serving our Operations customers. Editorial Advisor Editor Photographers We are excited to develop a new Integrated Logistics AC Melvin Yong Ms Tham Yee Lin SSgt Chee Yong Tat The SEA Games, held from 5 to 16 June 2015, is Grooming Talent Management System. This single all-encompassing Chief Editor Journalists Cpl Md Shahrunnizam Abdul Rashid a good case study. PLD played a pivotal role in The Logistics fraternity has always had a healthy system will aggregate the information found in DAC Tan Tin Wee Ms Chew Si Lei Jinnie SC/Sgt Gabriel Chan Duen Yue providing logistical support to meet the event’s blend of uniform and civilian officers. We can multitude of legacy logistics and procurement Senior Editor Cpl Md Shahrunnizam Abdul Rashid SC/Cpl Mok Wen Jie operational requirements. PLD provided support also readily bring in the right logistics talent at systems, including Gebiz, AIS, NFS, and more. We Ms Leena Rajan SC/Sgt Gabriel Chan Duen Yue for all the infrastructural set-up, issuance of various levels of expertise. Over the next five years, can do an immediate stock-take of any inventory Design and Production SC/Cpl Mok Wen Jie operational equipment and vehicles. Way before PLD will feature more civilian officers of the right throughout the SPF with this one-stop asset Redbean De Pte Ltd SC/Cpl Harsha Ramachandran the commencement of the operation, PLD officers expertise. We need engineers with a background in management system. Moreover, we no longer expect had already engaged the various units and vendors hard sciences to do product and material testing. officers to memorise the plethora of procurement Police Life is a publication of the Singapore Police Force. For feedback or enquiries, please write to the editorial team at to understand their operational requirements We welcome car fanatics to dream and build our rules. We will codify all these requirements into the [email protected]. The materials in this publication are not to be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written consent and made proactive preparations. PLD set up core next generation Fast Response Car (FRC). 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