Special Operations Command (Singapore)

The Special Operations Command (SOC) is a specialist tactical unit of the Singapore Police Force (SPF) specialising in riot control and high-threat incidents.

It was formed on 10 September 1992 to unify specialist units into a single strategic reserve force that the regular officers need to call upon in any contingency plan and serious case of public disorder.

The current commander of the SOC is Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police (SAC) Arthur Law Kok Leong and the deputy commander is Assistant Commissioner of Police (AC) Koh Tee Meng.

The RU was also expanded with a fourth troop specialising in illegal strikes and was based in the Old Hill Street Police Station, led by ASP Michael Chai.

Under the Police Workplan Seminar 2017, a new National Servicemen unit called the Public Order Troops was formed in September 2018 under PTU and it can be called upon to work alongside their regular counterparts during major incidents such as riots, national emergencies and public order incidents, as well as possible terrorist attacks, and the POT will be implemented in the year 2023.