Public Transport Security Command

[1] The transition was completed on 15 August 2009 when the unit was upgraded took its present name, reflecting its expanded role to police the entire public transportation network in Singapore.

[3] TransCom draws its manpower from the regular as well as the conscript full-time national servicemen (NSF) resources, with the build of officers amongst the selection criteria.

Officers are trained to conduct policing work in confined and crowded spaces, and are familiarised with the MRT system's operations.

Regulars, as well as selected NSFs, are trained in the use of the Taser, as a less-than-lethal option to defuse situations where lethal force would not be deemed necessary.

These patrols, which may include the inspection and searching of suspicious packages and persons, are deliberately kept random to retain an element of surprise for greater operational effectiveness.

A TransCom officer surveying human traffic in the immediate hours after the 2010 New Year's Day celebrations at City Hall MRT station . The human traffic shown on the video screen is fed from a surveillance camera.
TransCom officers surveying and directing the public on New Year's Day in 2010 at City Hall MRT Station. Note the grey beret that was just introduced two days before on 30 December 2009.