Neighbourhood police post

[2][3] To tackle crime rates in Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew suggested that the Japanese Kōban system be studied.

[3] Minister of Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng proposed the establishment of Neighbourhood Police Posts (NPPs) in Singapore.

[3] In 1982, three officers from the Japanese National Police Agency arrived in Singapore to help with setting up NPPs in the country.

[7] In December 2013, a six-month pilot of automated NPPs, located at West Coast, Radin Mas and Marsiling, was announced.

[9] In 1986, crime rates in the Delta Constituency dropped by 53.5 percent after the opening of an NPP, with the decrease being attributed to its presence.