Uniforms Singapore Police Force

dark blue (or more accurately dacron blue) organisational colour of singapore police force, , has remained continuously since 1969, although first police uniforms introduced in 1856 in same colour.

on 1 july 1969, dacron blue made comeback uniform force-wide change away khaki overnight, in part coincide singapore s 150th anniversary since founding in 1819. new uniform comprises dark blue peak cap, shirt, trousers, black belt, shoes , socks, , coded whistle lanyard in blue , white. 3 large , 4 small metal buttons, metal collar badges, , metal cap badge affixed, , black plastic name tag completes uniform. metallic ranks, if any, fixed sleeve or on shoulders senior officers. lanyard changed metal chain in 1972, , in 1985, material of uniform changed 75% polyester 25% cotton 100% polyester ease of daily maintenance.

derivatives of standard blue uniform (collectively called no.3 uniform) adopted specialized forces , officers in various occasions calls more formal or casual attire. traffic police department among few move away all-blue attire, adopting short-sleeved white tunic, dark blue breeches, black leather sam browne belt, , riding boots officers performing mobile squad duties. white crash helmet worn when on move, while new dark blue jockey cap chequered white , dark blue patterns around circumference worn when convenient while performing static duty. members of vigilante corps attired white short-sleeved top similar in design dark blue version normal officers, gold-coloured buttons , badges, , dark blue beret in place of peak cap.

combat uniforms has been adopted specialist units such special operations command , police coast guard (pcg), collectively known no.4 uniforms. these involve replacement of metal buttons sewn-on plastic ones, avoidance of other metallic accruements deemed potentially hazardous officer or others , use of long-sleeved shirts.

there no major change uniform since then, except adoption of embroidered shoulder ranks , badges ranks in 1990s. other changes less distinct, such upgrading of shoes used, change of belt material , belt buckle 1 including police crest, , replacement of peak cap baseball cap npc officers on front-line duty.

in past, police using standard issued drill boots daily duties; however, using of drill boots daily duties such patrols , chasing after suspects proved impractical severely uncomfortable, causing blisters, or worse, causing officer injured. in 2012, police trialed magnum stealth force 6.0 , 8.0, subsequently became standard issue officers. while special operations command using traditional full leather combat boot, force rolled out magnum spider 8.1 sz troopers.

in end-2015, police (and home team) rolled out frontier 8 tactical boot replacement magnum stealth forces. newer boots have same exact features of magnum stealth force 8.0. despite criticisms of frontier brand servicemen singapore army (which has different design), 8 tactical boots features vibram out-sole, thicker side cushioning, , more ventilation, comfortable, although insole of boot thinner compared magnum stealth forces, can replaced.

in 2008 - 2009, black engraved plastic name-tags changed black epoxy coated name-tags home team badge on left. name-tags safety-pinned backing safety hazard when struggling suspects, progressively, backing name-tags fitted velcro ease of fitting, , safety. previous black engraved plastic name-tags still in use national police cadet corps. officers under home team issued these epoxy name-tags.