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The Special Operations Command (SOC) is the strategic force of the Singapore Police Force (SPF). The SOC consists of three main units:
- Police Tactical Unit (PTU)
- Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR) Unit
- Police K-9 Unit
SOC also oversees three auxiliary units:
- Crisis Negotiation Unit (CNU)
- Special Women Task Team (SWTT)
- United Nations Peacekeeping Force (UNPKF)
MISSION
To provide the highest level of tactical options to prevent, deter and detect crime.
ROLES/FUNCTIONS
Police Tactical Unit (PTU): The PTU is responsible for a broad range of public order tasking, from dealing with civil disturbances to quelling violent riots. The unit also performs security-related duties including searches for armed criminals and illegal immigrants, and responding to terrorist incidents in the form of Armed Strike Teams.
Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR) Unit: The STAR Unit provides the SPF with the highest level of tactical armed response capability. It is an elite, highly-trained and well-equipped unit tasked to apprehend armed criminals and conduct hostage rescue operations on land and at sea. It has formidable firepower and all-terrain mobility, and is capable of helicopter-borne insertion. Besides dealing with highly dangerous criminals, the STAR Unit also conducts protective security operations and high-risk prisoner escorts.
Police K-9 Unit: The Police K-9 Unit is equipped with dogs trained specifically for explosive detection, drug detection, guard duties and anti-crime operations. Its dogs are also trained to support the PTU in public order and public security operations. The unit further supports the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority, Central Narcotics Bureau, and Singapore Prison Service in their operations at land checkpoints, ferry terminals, airport terminals and penal institutions.
Crisis Negotiation Unit (CNU): The CNU comprises police officers and psychologists who are secondary appointment holders in the SPF performing duties as negotiators, in addition to their primary duties. A CNU team is always on stand-by to attend to any crisis such as suicide intervention and civil disobedience, that may require their specialised negotiation skills. Their mission is to achieve peaceful resolutions through negotiation.
Special Women Task Team (SWTT): The SWTT comprises of selected female police officers who hold secondary appointments concurrently with their main duties in the SPF. The SWTT is trained in specialised public order capabilities and works closely with the PTU to respond to public order incidents. One of their roles is to safely extract women, children and the elderly who are assessed to be in a vulnerable situation during large-scale public order events.
United Nations Peacekeeping Force (UNPKF): The UNPKF provides the SPF with the capability to deploy specially trained officers to perform policing duties in overseas peace-keeping missions. Officers holding these secondary appointments have been deployed for missions to Iraq, Aceh, Timor-Leste and Cambodia.