By Carolyn Quek
SINGAPORE Police Force has won an international award for its
initiative in getting businesses here involved in homeland
security.
This award is given out by the International Association of
Chiefs of Police (IACP), the oldest and largest global non-profit
membership organisation of police executives.
Only two agencies were awarded this year. The other winner is
the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command.
Singapore police received the Special Homeland Security Award on
Sunday in San Diego, US, for its Safety and Security Watch Group
scheme, which began in November 2003.
This scheme brings together the police and building owners in
the same vicinity for regular meetings to update each other about
potential security threats, among other things.
The IACP said that the police demonstrated 'how homeland
security is not possible without involving citizens'.
