The other robot is equipped with a digital signage for conveying text messages and an integrated, tethered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for aerial surveillance up to a height of 30 metres. SPF will deploy the robots for operational trial at security events to evaluate their effectiveness in enhancing the Police’s operations.
2. On Target: Range Enhanced Live Firing Range System (ELFRAS)
When it comes to hitting a target consistently, effective shooters know that it takes practice to master factors such as posture, breathing and trigger control. 

Now, a newly developed training aid takes range practice to the next level. Jointly developed by SPF and the Ministry of Home Affairs’ (MHA) Science & Technology Group, ELFRAS enhances marksmanship training through the use of sensors that capture and analyse human factor performances. 


Measuring a shooter’s weapons handling, breathing, posture and gaze fixation, ELFRAS uses analytics to provide real-time recommendations, improving subsequent shots. 

3. Improving Your Hit Rate: Impact Measurement Trainer (IMT)
Traditionally, lessons on Police Defence Tactics (PDT) for Police trainees were a one-way street, so to speak. Police trainees strike punching bags in training but don’t know how hard they’ve hit, or whether their hits landed properly. 


But now, the IMT can provide feedback to trainees. The IMT is a new training system that incorporates force sensors within manikins. These measure the strength and location of each strike, providing immediate feedback to trainees to help them improve their PDT techniques. 

IMT will soon be joined by similar systems – SPF is working on other manikins to help trainees improve their Pressure Point Control Techniques, which are used by officers to manage suspects engaging in passive resistance. 

4. Tactical Gear: SPF Wearable Technologies
One technological trend that’s set to make waves is wearable technology – compact smart devices that can be incorporated into clothing or worn on the body. At Police Workplan 2019, SPF also showcased wearable technology projects such as Smart Glasses that offer real-time analytics capabilities. 


The Smart Glasses are currently undergoing trials, with SPF exploring how they can be tapped on to support enhance Police operations on the ground.

5. A Student’s Best Pal: Mini Autonomous School Talk Robot Officer (Mi-ASTRO) 
It talks, it walks and it even does backflips – meet SPF’s miniature robot mascot, Mi-ASTRO! This friendly, palm-sized robot will feature in SPF’s outreach to children at school engagement talks, providing bite-sized information to students and pre-schoolers. 


Mi-ASTRO can exchange customised safety tips and crime prevention messages with users. Having been trialled at various pre-schools, Mi-ASTRO may soon be equipped with further language capabilities so that it can also communicate with the elderly. 



Bonus Tech: Sky Aerial Response Command (ARC) 
Sky ARC provides SPF with a mobile UAV force for tactical deployments. Equipped with a variety of UAVs with capabilities that suit different operational terrain, the Sky ARC will allow SPF to obtain a better situational picture for enhanced decision-making and operational response. Find out more about Sky ARC here.

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Police Workplan Seminar 2019


 
Read the speech by Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law Mr K Shanmugam at Police Workplan Seminar 2019.

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Home Team 2019 Workplan Seminars
Tech Spotlight: Checkpoint Transformation (ICA)
Tech Spotlight: The Future of Emergency Services (SCDF)
Strengthening the Ties that Bind (SPS)
New Jobs, New Lives (SCORE)
Tech Spotlight: The Future of Policing (SPF)
The Future of Training; Training for the Future (HTA)