Pingat Perkhidmatan Operasi Home Team | |
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Type | Medal |
Awarded for | Home Team officers who participated at the frontline of significant local operations. [1] |
Presented by | Ministry of Home Affairs |
Eligibility | Civilian and uniformed officers of all Home Team agencies. |
Status | Currently Awarded |
Established | 2014 |
The Pingat Perkhidmatan Operasi Home Team (Home Team Operational Service Medal), was instituted in 2014. [2] It was first introduced and awarded to 180 officers from the Singapore Police Force and Singapore Civil Defence Force who were involved in the Little India riot. [3]
A clasp is inscribed with the name and year of the incident/operation in respect of which that clasp is awarded. The current list of incidents are:
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