It's unfortunate that you had a bad encounter with such scum.
But you shouldn't taint everyone in the Police Force with the same
brush, right? There will always be bad apples in every cart.
Well, in one HDB flat there will be about a few hundred people
maybe? In a housing estate, there are more than a few flats. In a
neighbourhood, there are more than a few housing estates.
For example, 1 flat = 100 ppl. 1 estate = 10 flats 1 neighbourhood,
5 estates.
And let's say that one NPC [neighbourhood police centre] is in
charge of 1 neighbourhood. Add that to coffeeshops, shopping
centres, roads, expressways, etc, and what you have is actually
about 20 police officers on duty, to cover an area spanning 80 over
square km, and having to ensure the safety of a few thousand
people. All at the same time.
And this is just an example. Different police
divisions/centres/posts deal with different settings. Like for
example, the policemen in our neighbourhood and those based in
orchard road. Different settings.
If you need to make report, they have counter personnel to generate
reports for you. If they're on patrol, and there's an accident on
the road, police must attend.
If snake found, also police . If got crime in progress, also the
same. If crime already happened, same thing. Sometimes if people
injured and SCDF ambulance come, you can see Police car coming too
[cos I ahve seen it quite a number of times in my housing
area].
So the Police actually do a lot of things you know.
But, sad to say, they don't have enough people lah. that's the main
problem actually. A lot of things to do, but too little
people.
Any police officers want to share their sentiments? 
