Criminal Investigation Department (Singapore)

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Criminal Investigation Department
AbbreviationCID
Jurisdictional structure
National agency Singapore
Operations jurisdiction Singapore
Governing body Government of Singapore
General nature
Operational structure
Overviewed by Ministry of Home Affairs
Headquarters Police Cantonment Complex
Elected officers responsible
Agency executives
  • DCP How Kwang Hwee, Director Criminal Investigation Department
  • AC Yeo Yee Chuan, 1 Deputy Director Criminal Investigation Department
  • AC Heng Chih Yang, 2 Deputy Director Criminal Investigation Department
  • SAC Lim Chin Tiak, 3 Deputy Director Criminal Investigation Department
Parent agency Singapore Police Force
Child agencies
  • Major Crime Division
  • Specialised Crime Division

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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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.

Overview

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.

Structure

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]

  1. Operations, Investigation Policy Division
    • Operations Management
    • Operations Development
    • Liaison & Training Branch
    • Prosecution Branch
  2. Research, Planning & Organisational Development Division
  3. Specialised Crime Division
    • Specialised Crime Branch [4]
    • Specialised Crime Policy Branch
    • Casino Crime Investigation Branch [5]
    • Intellectual Property Rights Branch [6] [7]
    • Secret Societies Branch
    • Unlicensed Moneylending Strikeforce [8] [9]
    • Organised Crime Branch
    • Financial Investigation Branch
  4. Major Crime Division [10]
    • Special Investigation Section
    • Serious Sexual Crime Branch [11]
    • Bomb & Explosive Branch
  5. Technology Crime Division
    • Technology Crime Investigation Branch [12]
    • Technology Crime Forensic Branch [13] [14]
    • Technology Crime Policy Branch
  6. Investigation Support & Services Division
    • Criminal Records
    • Specialised Interview
    • Corporate Services Branch
    • Manpower Branch
    • Quality Service Branch
  7. CID Intelligence Division
    • Field Intelligence Branch
    • Intelligence Analysis & Processing Branch
    • Criminal Law Branch
  8. Forensics Division
    • Forensics Management Branch [15]

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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