First thing first... police warrant, not warrant cards, can only
be issued by an ASP or above (if not, the magistrate). It Is
extremely unlikely an NS officer to obtain the rank of an ASP and
have the power to write a warrant. The ASP also have to write a
report justfying why he write the warrant. If he uses the warrant
card, it must have a legitimate purpose. That NS person probably is
in deep trouble if what you stated is true. About the dog, you
cannot prove he steals it. If he just found the dog, then he had
committed no offence.
My ex had her passport stolen and we went to make a police
report. It was 9.45 pm, npp closes at 10pm (apparently). The 2 duty
policemen (they looked young enough to be NSF) were already locking
up the station and told us to go Clementi police HQ to make the
report. My ex asked how long will it take to fill up a simple
report since she had to leave the country the next day. They told
her that the station is already locked (it was already locked at
9.45 pm) and they can't open the door again.
This may be viewed as a case of laziness but however your ex
should really go to another station to make the report. If a normal
shop had already closed and locked the door, do you force it to
open up and let you do shopping ? Are police really public servants
and you can even afford not to be even considerate to them ?
My friend got into an accident, 2 cars (including his car which
I was a passenger in) collided. The other driver got abusive and
violent. I called the police. 1 squad car turned up, asked for all
our NRICs, then told us the procedure for a car accident then left.
They left despite my pleas to stay and that the other driver was
abusive. Upon leaving, the other driver once again started abusing
us and turned violent. I called the police again and the same squad
car came back. By then the other driver left to avoid the police.
The police once again asked for my NRIC and said there is nothing
he can do.
The police have to attend to other duties. When they arrive,
they can only advise, and the other party probably tame down when
the police arrive. No offence has been committed in his view. The
policemen have to attend other duties and cannot just stand there
and look at you while crimes are being committed at other place. If
the situation is under control, it is right that they resume patrol
and help out other citizens. The whole world does not revolve
around you only.
The law stated tat being verbally abusive and appear violent is a
civil suit. You can ask for a lawyer to fight your case if you
demand justice. The police really have no power to do anything
unless you want to file a civil suit and they committed the offence
in the police view.
My sister got robbed by a snatch thief. She fought back and got
her handbag back, but in the process, she got dragged on the road
and got hurt quite badly. When she went to report to the police at
the station, she was told the only thing they can do is to take her
statement, no investigation will be carried out since they cannot
trace the robber.
If the snatch thief is reported very fast, a message will be
broadcast to all the police to look out for the suspect. Otherwise
the only sensible thing left to do is to report to the higher
authority and they allocate resources for a special operation to
lure the snatch thief.
Other than tat, there is really little tat the police can do.
However you can make suggestions on how the investigation should be
carried out. I think this is a practical problem. You throw this
situation to the police in other part of the world, they can only
do so much as well. I find it is hard to believe tat the police
answer so undiplomatic though... are you sure these are the exact
words they answer ?
My mother had her pocket picked and lost a lot of money in
foreign currency (she changed money to go overseas). She reported
to the police and the police said they cannot do any investigation
unless she personally asked the shopping centre to release the
security videos. Apparently, they said they had no power to acquire
the security videos from the shopping centre where the pickpocket
occurred
First, are you sure the money is pickpocketed away and not
misplaced ? Does she have a reason to believe it was pickpocketed ?
Does she know the rough location where she lost the money ? If your
mum do, than the policeman should have the power to view through
the security tapes to investigate the case. Otherwise, for a case
of misplaced the police cannot afford to waste the manpower to pour
through all the security tapes.
agreed. tt day my neighbouring void deck got pple illegal
gambling. my friend call e police. n we waited hoping the police
will come asap. sadly after 30min. those pple were still gambling
happily
What happened after 30 minutes ? I think one must realise even
if they are gambling, this is not an urgent case and the policemen
have to take time to travel from point A to B... And how do you
know it is gambling and not playing cards ? They are different.
There is a reason why poker card is not banned in singapore.
First of all, i would like to say that there is decent policemen
and some not too decent policemen, to put it bluntly, some *^%^
heads.
...
If what you say it true and no details hidden, take note of the
warrant card and lodge a complaint.
However i did went to the nearby NPP to report lost on11B ,the
station stated the opening timing to be xxxx (i forgotten) ,but it
not open, i call the number of the post listed near the wall and
the police officer answer and straight away open the police
post,but he seen to be polite and just give me an excuse that he is
patrolling outside.
They are now a one man team. If he go to sh!t and there is
nobody else, he have to lock the door too. Sad but true.
Anyway if the comments I made r wrong, please treat is as another
stupid forumers lamenting and not a police public statement.
And I am not from the police now.