Once again singapore is among the top for mock exercises. Real thing different story
S'pore Prisons' crack team takes third place in Mock Prison Riot competition
By S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 06 August 2008 1919 hrs
SINGAPORE : Singapore Prisons' crack team, SPEAR (Singapore Prisons Emergency Action Response Force), has clinched international honours at the Mock Prison Riot 2008 competition in the United States.
The unit of elite marksmen came in at third place at the competition.
SPEAR's new base within the Changi Prisons Complex was opened by Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs Masagos Zulkifli on Wednesday.
Among its new facilities is a mock prison housing unit for officers to practise their skills in a confined environment.
Mr Masagos noted that the new Changi Prison Complex's unique design and layout presented new challenges to SPEAR's operational responsiveness, and it would have to develop new capabilities to resolve incidents in the prisons at close proximity and at multiple tiers.
The new base also has a research centre to explore better approaches in security enforcement. -
S'pore Prisons' crack team takes third place in Mock Prison Riot competition
By S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 06 August 2008 1919 hrs
SINGAPORE : Singapore Prisons' crack team, SPEAR (Singapore Prisons Emergency Action Response Force), has clinched international honours at the Mock Prison Riot 2008 competition in the United States.
The unit of elite marksmen came in at third place at the competition.
SPEAR's new base within the Changi Prisons Complex was opened by Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs Masagos Zulkifli on Wednesday.
Among its new facilities is a mock prison housing unit for officers to practise their skills in a confined environment.
Mr Masagos noted that the new Changi Prison Complex's unique design and layout presented new challenges to SPEAR's operational responsiveness, and it would have to develop new capabilities to resolve incidents in the prisons at close proximity and at multiple tiers.
The new base also has a research centre to explore better approaches in security enforcement. -