Police With Mp5 At Orchard Road
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Hey anyone saw the news?
Got like 5 police officers and i think they from special ops or wad...
They Patrol orchard road wif SMG like mp5.
ne1 saw em first hand before at orchard? -
With Hari Raya, Deepavali, Xmas and New Year around the corner....
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what does this thread have to do with SAF?
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SINGAPORE: Armed officers from the Police Special Operations Command will now patrol commercial, entertainment and residential areas on a random basis.
The patrols will be conducted 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The officers will be armed with machine guns, similar to the ones used by troops patrolling Changi Airport.
Areas will be picked at random and these could include Orchard Road and the HDB heartland.
So, do not be taken aback when you see the men in blue, armed with a service revolver and a MP5 sub-machine gun, walking down Singapore's famous shopping area along Orchard Road.
Police say this is an expansion of the patrols that are now carried out at the airport and other areas like Boat Quay and Newton Circus.
Police told Channel NewsAsia that the expansion of the armed patrols is not due to any specific security threat to Singapore.
The aim is to project an even stronger police presence on the ground and to reassure the public and deter any potential terrorist attacks.
Police say they have been thinking of implementing the stepped up armed patrols over the past few weeks.
Feedback from members of the public is that they are happy and feel safer when they see armed patrols.
Aubeck Kam, Singapore Police Force's director of operations, said: "There is no particular threat information that is impelling us to do this operation at this point in time. We have had a relook on how to enhance the level of safety and security. Singaporeans feel such a deployment of SOC troops in other parts of Singapore would be beneficial. Firstly, we want to deter any potential terrorist attack. Secondly, we hope it will provide greater assurance to the public and remind them to be constantly vigilant against any terorist threat."
Some members of the public took a double take when they saw the armed officers and expressed concern.
"For tourists or people like me, it's a bit scary to see the army using big guns," said a foreigner.
"We must educate the public on why we are having the patrols as we can't put them everywhere. People will think what's wrong with Singapore," said a member of the public.
But, most interviewed generally welcomed the move.
"It will be a good move. People feel more secure and safer when they walk around prominent buildings here," said a member of the public.
"I've lived in London, New York and now Singapore. They have the same procedure and it's fine with me. It gives a sense of security and safety," said another.
Police say 32 extra officers will be deployed in this islandwide operation. - CNA
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oh gosh. this is rather absurd. i mean do we REALLI need THAT? no specific threat? then why the step up? if they really wish to make presence felt, they could just have more police patrolling, with their pistols and all. at least they are more discrete in our civilian society. but an mp5 along orchard road? what will outsiders think? that we are over-reacting? show of force? furthermore it sounds like a permanent move.
this really brings new meaning to the phrase "police state" - literally.
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i didnt see any mata on my way home.
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i'm going down Orchard Road this weekend...
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Should go to the mata and say "Hi! How are you?"
*Poke mp5*
"Is it real or not har? Can let me have a look please?"
"I wanna try it out! Pls Pls Pls Pls (unlimited...)"
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mp5 leh, go airport oso can see kekekeke, sar21 even, kekekeke.
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u ask dem give u a demo on how to shoot lah, den request u wanna try..Originally posted by deathscythe99:Should go to the mata and say "Hi! How are you?"
*Poke mp5*
"Is it real or not har? Can let me have a look please?"
"I wanna try it out! Pls Pls Pls Pls (unlimited...)" 
since they are wearing the bulletproof vest, u request to shoot dem loh... can practise ur marksman skills and oso help to prove whether the bulletproof vest is good quality or not -
If smgs are supposed to make ppl feel more secure, how they like a convoy of tanks parallel parked along orchard bouvelard?
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in addition to tat, to ensure airport security, can send some air force fighter jets there..hahaOriginally posted by ditzy:If smgs are supposed to make ppl feel more secure, how they like a convoy of tanks parallel parked along orchard bouvelard? -
LOL.Originally posted by deathscythe99:Should go to the mata and say "Hi! How are you?"
*Poke mp5*
"Is it real or not har? Can let me have a look please?"
"I wanna try it out! Pls Pls Pls Pls (unlimited...)" -
Think its alittle over-reaction.Why put SOC officers on Orchard road?If there is a need elsewhere,how are these people gonna react man?Besides,think these SOC post there will be like our NSF posted to Changi,look at chiobu only.Wahaha...anyway if its to reassure the public,why not post a battalion of Reservists or NSFs there with SAR21,M-16,M203,Ultimax SAW and GPMG?Like that the whole area whould be SECURED.
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kekeke last time I went airport saw a bunch of police patroling with mp5sOriginally posted by ditzy:mp5 leh, go airport oso can see kekekeke, sar21 even, kekekeke. -
How about stationing our AA missiles at all govt buildings, embassies and high-rise buildings? To prevent a repeat of 9-11.
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and while you are at it, place an obelisk of light on top of the building. and place tesla coils around it.Originally posted by zenmaster:How about stationing our AA missiles at all govt buildings, embassies and high-rise buildings? To prevent a repeat of 9-11. -
Official statement needs to be more creative. Its so boring....
Singaporeans feel such a deployment of SOC troops in other parts of Singapore would be beneficial.
Since when average Singaporean has a say on national security ?Firstly, we want to deter any potential terrorist attack.
Yeah right. That terrorist could be just another sony-cam touting tourist. Terrorist heck care about how many police or gahkas around, all they want is to be onboard a passenger loaded Boeing 747 with dead pilots.Secondly, we hope it will provide greater assurance to the public and remind them to be constantly vigilant against any terorist threat."
Can't agree. A sqd of heavily armed law-enforcer in shopping mall doesn't improves sense of security. In fact, it does the reverse. -
false sense of security
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Damn Wayang
Maybe SPF shld deploy those guys at the causeway... that guy who killed the china girl managed to walk across to Malaysia with no passport, and no one noticed him
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goodness, and not seen by policemen by both sides???Originally posted by Zooish:Damn Wayang
Maybe SPF shld deploy those guys at the causeway... that guy who killed the china girl managed to walk across to Malaysia with no passport, and no one noticed him
wad he wearing, invisibility cloak? -
No...he was on a stealth tank which managed to do teleportationOriginally posted by laurence82:goodness, and not seen by policemen by both sides???
wad he wearing, invisibility cloak?
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Well...there are already some rather "elite" folks down at the causeway...even more so then the SOC, so I dont know how more high level you want!Originally posted by Zooish:Damn Wayang
Maybe SPF shld deploy those guys at the causeway... that guy who killed the china girl managed to walk across to Malaysia with no passport, and no one noticed him 
Btw, this discussion is also on-going in the SPF forum: http://policeforce.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=100796