Straits Settlements Police

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The Straits Settlements Police was the colonial-era law enforcement force responsible for maintaining order in the British Straits Settlements in Southeast Asia.

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Straits Settlements Police canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial police force
law enforcement agency
appliesToJurisdiction Labuan NERFINISHED
Malacca NERFINISHED
Penang NERFINISHED
Singapore NERFINISHED
Straits Settlements NERFINISHED
composedOf European officers
local Asian constables
continent Asia
country Straits Settlements NERFINISHED
dissolved 20th century
employer British colonial authorities in the Straits Settlements
followedBy Singapore Police Force NERFINISHED
successor police forces in Malaya
follows British colonial administration
governedBy British colonial law
hasActivity arrest
crowd control
investigation
patrol
hasDuty crime prevention
law enforcement
maintaining public order
protection of colonial interests
hasHeadquartersLocation Singapore NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalPeriod British colonial era
hasOrganizationalStructure hierarchical rank system
hasRole colonial internal security
investigation of crimes
public order policing
hasTypeOfJurisdiction colonial civil policing
inception 19th century
locatedIn Southeast Asia
operatedBy British colonial government NERFINISHED
operationalArea ports of the Straits Settlements
urban areas of the Straits Settlements
partOf British Empire
precededBy earlier local police arrangements in Penang
earlier local police arrangements in Singapore
usedEquipment batons
firearms
uniforms
usedLanguage Chinese dialects
English
Malay
Tamil

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Royal Malayan Police hasPredecessor Straits Settlements Police
Royal Malaysia Police precededBy Straits Settlements Police