Hi guys, i am not sure whether you guys have notice this. I noticed that UK metropolitan police high ranking officer so called senior officer are wearing white uniform. It is the same for hongkong police. And UK police rank structure is almost the same. But not completely. The singapore police rank structure is SC, Sergeant, staff sergeant, senior staff sergeant, inspector, and so on......

It's a conspiracy!

Asian countries' police departments tend to use the same style for their units and uniforms as the British for some reason.

South Africa does this too.

 

SAPS:                                                              UK Police:

            

 

They use the same font and pattern, just different vehicles.

maybe it's because most of these places were British colonies. I know it was like 100 years ago but some things don't change.

You'll find the same thing in most former British Colonies; Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Australia, New Zealand and more. Take a look at the police in Bermuda, they're almost identical. It's because the U.K had a large influence on these countries which can be seen in many aspects of those countries.

Also, it's not unusual for senior officers to wear white shirts. Lots of US departments do it too. It's a sign of status and seniority - senior officers are professionals with office jobs, while patrolmen actually have to work for a living.

EDIT: Also, the Metropolitan Police was one of the first modern police forces ever created; a LOT of forces modeled themselves after it (that is literally the reason police wear blue - the Metropolitan Police did it to distinguish themselves from the redcoats in the army, and it stuck).

A lot of the former colonies still ahve relations to the countries that colonized them, it's partly why France are committed to several armed interventions across Africa.

 

 

Regarding police. The PSDB (under the home office)  and ACPO conducted research on the "battenburg" livery, comparing it to conventional "jam sandwich" liveries in the UK. They concluded that, amongs other thigns:
 

 

Full battenburg livery should be applied to all police vehicles intended for motorway/trunk road patrol duties, except in cases where vehicles need to remain unmarked.

 

 

D.? It is recommended that the half battenburg livery scheme should be adopted for application, as laid down in Chapter 2, to all appropriate police vehicles within every police force for vehicles other than those used for motorway/trunk road patrol duties, to which the full battenburg livery should be applied.

 

E.? Only appropriate classes of vehicle, dependent upon force policy, should be marked in half battenburg. Clearly, it is desirable for some types not to be identifiable, an obvious example being unmarked traffic vehicles.

 

F.? Application of half battenburg livery to as many vehicles as is practical within police fleets will bring benefits since members of the public will tend to notice police vehicles and officers more easily. They will tend to perceive an increased police presence, which should lead to a reduced fear of crime and an increased feeling of reassurance, as well as providing a deterrent effect for criminals.

 

 

 

Several countries has since created their own variations of battenburg, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, France, Norway, Australia, New Zealand and indeed Hong Kong are among those countries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.spf.gov.sg/career/img/rank_si.jpg

Edited May 5, 201411 yr by ahling023

Just wondering is UK using ICAO phonetic ???

 

 

Singapore police is USing it , As in their code of communication

 

 

AB - Alfa brave = Ambulance 

Alfa 

bravo

charlie

delta 

echo

foxtrot

golf 

hotel

india

juliet

kilo

Lima

mike

november

oscar

papa

quebec

romeo

sierra

tango

uniform

victor

whiskey

xray

yankee

zulu

 

Edited May 9, 201411 yr by ahling023

Just wondering is UK using ICAO phonetic ???

 

 

Singapore police is USing it , As in their code of communication

 

 

AB - Alfa brave = Ambulance 

Alfa 

bravo

charlie

delta 

echo

foxtrot

golf 

hotel

india

juliet

kilo

Lima

mike

november

oscar

papa

quebec

romeo

sierra

tango

uniform

victor

whiskey

xray

yankee

zulu

 

Yup, they use that stye of phonetic alphabet. the only people (that i know of) that uses a different style is America and Canada

 

No, US police tend to use a name-based phonetic alphabet (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAPD_phonetic_alphabet)

No, US police tend to use a name-based phonetic alphabet (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAPD_phonetic_alphabet)

 

Doesn't NYPD use Queen, King, Henry, Adam, for those letters?

Edited May 9, 201411 yr by starcraftguy1

No, US police tend to use a name-based phonetic alphabet (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAPD_phonetic_alphabet)

 

That's what i meant by "different style" UK, Australia and a lot of other places use Alpha, Bravo, Charlie etc whereas America uses Adam, Boy, Charles etc.

 

The Singapore Police Force adopts the style the UK Police does. The first batch of police officers of the SPF were trained by the british. Thus, everything that the SPF adopts is based of the UK. 

The UK and SG is about the same. And I realise singapore police car light bar are made from UK.

From what i know from the premier hazard and Haztec lightbar manufacturers HKPF and SPF is their clients

The majority of the countries you listed are part of the Commonwealth (any nation that was once a British colony) as such many countries within the Commonwealth have adopted similar styles of policing, (to include uniforms etc.) in addition to similar styles of Law (known as English Common Law), Government (Parliament), Military ( traditions, uniforms and TO&E) and various other facets of society and government.

 

The reason?  it was inherited and has been in the facet within the Commonwealth for hundreds of years, there are slight variations here and there for example in addition to English Common Law here in Canada we also adopted French Civil Law.
 

UK police motorcycle:

 

 

Meanwhile in Hong Kong...

 

 

 

Edit: Weird....part of my signature has gone missing... / / /  *Fixed*

Edited May 15, 201411 yr by eric35

Just the United States left to convert to our - much better - style of policing!  

Just the United States left to convert to our - much better - style of policing!  

 

nahhh US policing is cool, saying "much better" is not ***quite*** correct. Different countries have different style to accommodate their location...

 

...the point I am getting is different styles of policing sure have their different pros and cons. >> though it seems safer to be under protection of UK police. Some US police are too aggressive when they approach anyone they feel suspicious, even when they approach their suspicious colleagues. Maybe the US should... I'll stop there. <<