Deputy Commissioner of Police (Singapore)

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Singapore Police Force

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| incumbent = Lian Ghim Hua (Operations)
How Kwang Hwee (Policy)
Zhang Wei Han (Investigation and Intelligence)

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| department = Singapore Police Force

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| reports_to = Minister for Home Affairs

| appointer = President of Singapore

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| first = Kenneth Bruce Stewart

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| abbreviation = DC

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The Deputy Commissioner of Police is the deputy head of the Singapore Police Force (SPF).

List of Deputy Commissioners of Police

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Deputy Commissioner of Police||Term||Ref
Kenneth Bruce Stewart1860s
Patrick Joseph Shannon1947–1950{{cite book |author= |date=1951 |title=The Colonial Office List 1951 (Colonial No. 265) |url=https://archive.org/details/colonial-office-list-1951 |location=Internet Archive |publisher=His Majesty's stationery Office |page=634}}
Edmund Victor Fowler1950{{London Gazette |issue=38797 |date=2 January 1950 |page=23}}
Song Kok Hoo1959–1961{{cite news |last= |first= |date= 11 October 1961|title= THE No. 2 MAN SONG TO RETIRE SOON|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsbudget19611011-1.2.80|work= The Straits Budget|location= Singapore|access-date= 15 November 2024}}
John Le Cain1962–1963{{cite web |url= https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/article-detail?cmsuuid=d5768260-69d4-4a42-a0d5-a95c49410c96|title= John Le Cain|last= Chia|first= Joshua Yeong Jia|date= |website= Singapore Infopedia|publisher= National Library Board|access-date= 15 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241108225341/https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/article-detail?cmsuuid=d5768260-69d4-4a42-a0d5-a95c49410c96|archive-date=8 November 2024}}
A. T. Rajah1963–1966{{cite news |last= |first= |date= 19 July 1966|title= DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF RAJAH TO RETIRE|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19660719-1.2.144|work= The Straits Times|location= Singapore|access-date= 16 November 2024}}
Khoo Boon Hui1995–1997
Goh Liang Kwang1997–2008
Wong Hong Kuan2010–2011
Raja Kumar s/o Thamby Rajah2011–2014
Hoong Wee Teck (Investigation & Intelligence)2013–2014
Lim Kok Thai (Policy)2015–2018{{Cite news |title=Nepal quake: More medical, police personnel from Singapore join relief efforts |publisher=Channel News Asia |agency=CNA |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/nepal-quake-more-medical/1818724.html |access-date=2 December 2015}}{{Cite news |title=AVA's CEO Tan Poh Hong to step down on Oct 1; senior police officer Lim Kok Thai to take over |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/avas-ceo-tan-poh-hong-to-step-down-on-oct-1-senior-police-officer-lim-kok-thai-to-take}}
Tan Chye Hee (Investigations & Intelligence)2015–2018
Lau Peet Meng (Operations)2015–2018{{Cite news |title=CID to get first female chief from June |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/cid-to-get-first-female-chief-from-june}}
Jerry See Buck Thye (Policy)2018–2024
Florence Chua Siew Lian (Investigations & Intelligence)2018–2022
Tan Chye Hee (Operations)2018–2019
Tan Hung Hooi (Operations)2019–2022
How Kwang Hwee (Policy)2022–present
Lian Ghim Hua (Operations)2022–present
Zhang Wei Han (Investigations & Intelligence)2024-present

References

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