You know what they always say, right?
If you have an emergency, call 995. If it’s a non-emergency, call 1777.
That’s for medical emergencies but now, you can apply it to criminal cases as well.
SPF is Now Encouraging People to Make Police Reports Online for Non-Emergency Cases
Given how stricter safety distancing measures have kicked in since 7 Apr 2020, the Singapore Police Force is now asking for people not to visit Police establishments unless necessary.
Instead, they would appreciate if members of the public can access their e-services for non-urgent enquiries and services.
As for people who wants to report criminal activities, the public can do so via their i-Witness webpage: https://www.police.gov.sg/iwitness
Over 34 E-Services Members Of The Public Can Make Use Of:
According to the SPF, there are over 34 e-services members of the public can make use of.
They assure members of the public that any reports made online will be treated as seriously as those made over the counter.
They’ve even kindly listed down the things you’ll need before you go online to make your report.
Note: As you can tell, SingPass is a must-have.
After you’ve made your report, an email will be sent to you detailing the officer-in-charge of the case, the report number and which police division it was assigned to.
But there are some reports that shouldn’t be made online.
Reports That Are Emergency Cases
If the matter you want to report has the following:
- Physical evidence such as blood stains or fingerprints were left at the crime scene
- Someone has been injured in the incident
- Someone’s life or property is in immediate danger
- The incident or crime is happening in progress
- It involves a missing person
- The suspect in the crime is in the area
Do not make a report online.
Instead, call “999” immediately.
You can read their full post below:
Don’t Anyhowly Call “999”
Of course, it must also be said that if your report doesn’t concern any of the “emergency” pointers above, do it online instead.
If there’s a popularity contest for phone numbers, the police hotline, 999, would’ve been one of the final winners.
They get more than a million calls every year, and up to 57% of them were nonsense calls back in 2018.
You can watch the video below to find out more:
Every time you make a ‘999’ call, an operator will have to take precious time to attend to you.
Depending on how unreasonable you are, it might take a longer or shorter period of time to deal with you.
Plus, they cannot brush you off in case it turns out to be a real emergency.
So if another person were to call, and he really needed help at that moment, he might be put on hold because there are no available operators at hand.
And he might not have gotten the help he could’ve gotten if you weren’t such an arsehole.
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So remember, folks, not everything is under the men in blue.
For CPF matters or not being able to call for a taxi, call CPF or the taxi company instead next time
