Deployment of SOC elites to Orchard Road

last SG · 2004-11-02T18:26:02+00:00

You prefer it if they sent these?

palmerised SG

i'd rather prowl along orchard road see all the girls... and them looking back at me, and seeing the guys turn green with envy. haha Mr. Green

John Ching SG

Well, make sure them girls are looking at the right big gun.
And be sure that those guys who envy know who's gun is bigger.
Last though, be alert not to attract damn girle boys. hahahah..... [b]

Moxie SG

what a deterrence.. does this help? i mean not knowing when they will pop up next. will a die-hard fanatic think twice before fastening his bomb belt?

Maybe I'm wrong on this, but I see this as a show of force. Kinda like what the Americans are doing in Iraq - except we're all Singaporeans, of course. But it's not gonna stop any terrorist who could dissolve into a crowd, or a drive-by bombing (the modus operandi of SE Asian radicals).

Why not deploy conventional troops or policemen on this beat instead? Or is it a new directive to allocate such highly-trained SOC personnel on such "mundane", 24/7 tasks? Are they adequate standby counterinsurgency forces to repond to a real emergency?

ceecookie SG

i dont think they can all fight against a single T-850
sure die lah

SpecOps87 SG

Just wondering,if their presence there will help Orchard Road become a safer place.Those street gangs are really quite menacing.Last year after a school function at Meridian Hotel,was going to the MRT station and saw this bunch of ah bengs being arrested outside Ngee Ann City there.And at night along Orchard Road,always see alot of cops patrolling the streets it certainly is reassuring.

But perhaps this time perhaps over-doing alittle.Tactical officers armed with MP5s and revolver wearing tactical gear like Kevlar vests and so on.It may scare off tourists visiting on their first visit here as who wouldn't be alarmed when seeing heavily armed cops on the streets right?Perhaps a better way is to have a bunch of STAR personnel in a civilian vehicle parked somewhere between buildings or in Multi-storied carparks in the area they intend to cover and have plainclothes officers patrol the streets and calling them for backup when needed.

Lastly,does anyone know why are they not wearing helmets and are wearing berets instead?

John Ching SG

No worries, now that BUSH has won the elections, this guys would probably get to use their weapons sometime during the next 4 years. Yeehah! Twisted Evil

YI SG

urgh.. i would prefer orchard.. more things to look at. Cool

chunyong SG

we don't have dat many STAR officers lah...they are reserved for important stuff....now is prevention niah.......we want to deter...so plainclothes not much effect

YI SG

yeah.. i just wonder why..

YI SG

cos' they looks smarter in it? the men in green also wear berets instead of helmet over at the airport right? the same goes for other sensitive commercial installation?

|-|05| SG

it’s just a visable deterient.Ill bet there is an EDU van and some STAR around….

Johnston SG

The weapon in question is a HK MP5A4.

A A2 is a MP5 with SEF trigger group.

John Ching SG

Well, when people see a cop wearing gear comparable to a soldier, the 1st thing that goes to their mind is that a shoot out is about to occur. It inturns lead to panic. The police here are only projecting their presence & not going into battle so wearing a beret somehow changes the profile of their purpose. Shocked

Besides, it makes them look French. Mr. Green

Johnston SG

What time was it?

khyron1 SG

Even though helmetless…the SOC brings the air of ‘warzone’ kitted out like that.

SpecOps87 SG

Hmmmz….It was round late 11.30p.m.Was with my gf and some other friends walking towards Orchard MRT station.

chunyong SG

no, there really aren't....u think too much into it lah....but i neither agree nor deny dat there might be in the DHQ instead. Neutral

meander SG

yah yah ... the one always act like ganger or ah long one

btw .. simi si SOC ? What's it stand for ? pardon my ignorance ...

SpecOps87 SG

Meander,SOC=Special Operations Command.

Anyway,wonder how would those cops on duty react if some tourist ask them to pose for pics with them man.Wahahah....

Think they will feel degraded or humilated.Come here to protect and patrol,in the end become people's model.Wonder if they will charge tourist if they pose with them.Like that can earn sideline mah.On duty still got special allowance.Wahahah!!!

Johnston SG

Yawn.
11.30 only?
The night is still young.

You should try Orchard Rd after 3 am.
From time to time if your "lucky" enough, you may be tagged by people.
And you may be "lucky" enough to see a couple fights and people rooting around in trashcans for bottles.

And if your REALLY lucky you may see someone rubbed out like the unlucky feller who died going to 7-11 for a drink near the Old Sparks.

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