Singapore legislation
Regulation 19
Regulation 19
Complaints against auxiliary police officers
Subregulation 1
Every complaint against any auxiliary police officer in any Auxiliary Police Force shall —
be made in writing; and (b)be signed by the person making the complaint.
Subregulation 2
Upon receipt of such a complaint, the complaint shall be forwarded to the employer of the Auxiliary Police Force for investigation.
Subregulation 3
For the purposes of ascertaining whether a disciplinary offence is disclosed, the employer referred to in paragraph (2) —
may appoint an auxiliary police officer to conduct investigations into the complaint (referred to in these Regulations as the investigating auxiliary police officer); or (b)shall, if directed by the Commissioner, immediately refer the complaint to be investigated instead by a police officer appointed by the Commissioner (referred to in these Regulations as the investigating police officer).
Subregulation 4
If, as a result of an investigation, a disciplinary offence is disclosed against an auxiliary police officer in an Auxiliary Police Force then —
unless the case is earlier referred for prosecution under sub-paragraph (b) or (c) and a prosecution ensues thereafter, the auxiliary police officer may be charged by the investigating auxiliary police officer or by the investigating police officer who conducted the investigation, as the case may be, and he shall be required to attend a disciplinary inquiry under these Regulations; (b)the auxiliary police officer may be referred by the employer or Commander of that Force to the Commissioner for prosecution under section 95(1) of the Act; or (c)the auxiliary police officer may be prosecuted under section 95(1) of the Act following an investigation by an investigating police officer.