Written Replies to Parliamentary Questions

Written Reply to Parliamentary Question on Rates of Recruitment and Resignation for Police’s Volunteer Special Constabulary and Volunteer Special Constabulary Community in the Past Five Years

Published: 11 November 2024

Question:

Ms Hany Soh: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs in each year of the past five years, what are the rates of recruitment and resignation for the Singapore Police Force Volunteer Special Constabulary and Volunteer Special Constabulary Community, respectively.


Answer: 

Mr K Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law: 

1. The total number of Volunteer Special Constabulary (VSC) officers and VSC (Community) officers recruited and those who resigned each year for the past five years (since 2019) is in Table 1.

Table 1: VSC and VSC (Community) Officers
Year20192020202120222023
Officers Recruited14891676373
Officers Resigned1461001389477