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The post was created with the passing of the Police Act in 1857 , in response to calls for a full-time dedicated police officer to helm the police force in response to escalating cases of violent crime in Singapore during that period. Thomas Dunman thus became the first Police Commissioner , and the first full-time Superintendent of police, with a salary of 800 rupees per month. When Singapore became a Crown Colony in 1867 , the role of the police commissioner was expanded to include that of the entire Straits Settlements , with the title changed to that of Inspector-General Of Police . This lasted until the Japanese Occupation Of Singapore in 1942 , before the post was restored as the Commissioner of Police in 1946 with the return of the British and the gradual instatement of local rule. COMMISSIONERS AND INSPECTOR-GENERALS OF POLICE Commissioner of Police, Singapore Police Force, Straits Settlements Police
Inspector-General of Police, Straits Settlements Police
Commissioner of Police, Singapore Police Force
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