The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is one of the many departments under the Singapore Police Force for premier investigation and staff authority for criminal investigation matters within the Singapore Police Force.
The CID has a staff of over 500 officers, divided into Senior Investigation Officers, Investigation Officers, Police Officers and Civilian Officers. It is led by a director, who is assisted by 4 deputy directors.
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Overview
The CID conducts inquiries into a variety of criminal offences in Singapore, and is empowered to make arrests. Recent high-profile investigations include the Murder of Muhammad Noor in 2014. The present director is Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Julius Lim. He took over this role from Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Zhang Weihan, who was concurrently serving as Deputy Commissioner (Investigation and Intelligence).
Structure
CID is led by a Director, currently SAC Julius Lim, and 4 Deputy Directors.
There are a total of 11 divisions in CID, with each division led by an assistant director, namely:
Operations, Management & Planning Division
Operations Management Branch
Prosecution Branch
Investigation Policy Branch
Investigations Operations Coordination Centre
Training Branch
Operations Planning Branch
Research, Planning & Organisational Development Division
Specialised Crime Division
Specialised Crime Branch
Specialised Crime Policy Branch
Casino Crime Investigation Branch
Intellectual Property Rights Branch
Secret Societies Branch
Unlicensed Moneylending Strikeforce
Organised Crime Branch
Financial Investigation Branch
Major Crime Division
Special Investigation Section
Serious Sexual Crime Branch
Operations and Policy Branch
Cybercrime Division
Cybercrime Investigation Branch
Cybercrime Policy and Operations Branch
Cyber Crime Strategy Office
Investigation Systems & Records Division
Criminal Records Office
Operations Planning Branch
Investigation Services & SupportDivision
Specialised Interview Branch
Corporate Services Branch
Manpower Branch
Service Quality Branch
Intelligence Division
Cyber Policy Division
Forensics Division
Forensics Management Branch
Digital Forensics Division
Digital Forensics Branch
In popular culture
In 2006, a police procedural series, C.I.D. was produced by Mediacorp, starring Tay Ping Hui, Qi Yuwu, Apple Hong, Jeanette Aw, Ong Ai Leng, Brandon Wong and Zhang Yaodong.
This was followed with a collaboration between the CID and Mediacorp in 2010, 2011 and 2012, Unriddle C.L.I.F. and Unriddle 2, another police procedural series, in which the C.L.I.F. series lead to four sequels, C.L.I.F. 2, C.L.I.F. 3, C.L.I.F. 4 and C.L.I.F. 5.