Stories
Discover stories from across the Home Team
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10 September 2026
Dear diary, I planned to attack a synagogue
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ISD
At 20, Farhan was detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for terrorism-related activities. Here’s his story, from being radicalised to the brink of violence, to rebuilding his life and dreams.
In Perspective
26 August 2026
Answering the call
Home Team
SCDF
Some choose a career. Others answer a calling. For Chow Hong Wei Keane, the Life Saving Force was always the destination — NS was just where the journey truly began.
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16 July 2026
One Pitch, One Home Team | Part 2
Home Team
CNB
The World Cup final is this weekend, but for CNB Senior Investigation Officer Faizil, the real game happens every Friday night — where futsal and frank conversations about the harms of drugs go hand in hand.
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3 July 2026
All in a day’s work: courtroom, reinvented
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HTX
MHA
SPS
For SUPT An Koh Shian, justice is not just an ideal — it is something you design, build and fight for. Here is his story.
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25 June 2026
One Pitch, One Home Team | Part 1
Home Team
YRSG
World Cup season or not, football is always on for Nicholas. The pitch is where friendships are forged — and where the Home Team's work steadily carries on.
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16 June 2026
Nurturing officers through tech and heart
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SCDF
SPS
Meet the trainers transforming how Home Team trainees learn. Their secret? Technology that enhances, but never replaces, the human touch.
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5 June 2026
Unmanned, but never without a human touch
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HTX
SPF
From drones to robots, the Police’s newest technologies usher in a new policing era – across the air, land and sea, automated but ever so distinctly human.
Mission Ready
21 May 2026
Upending the Status Quo
Home Team
SPF
What needed solving was not a crime. Supt Gan Hong Teck envisioned a better way for Investigation Officers to work – and set out to build the solution.
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13 May 2026
All in a Day’s Work: Bourne for Recon
Home Team
ICA
Shrouded in secrecy, the Intelligence Operations Branch is the backbone of ICA’s enforcement operations. Discover what it means to be an ICA intelligence officer in this exclusive interview.
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30 April 2026
Beyond the Frontlines
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MHA
SPF
SGT (NS) Austin Lau thought that his National Service (NS) vocation as a Staff Assistant would be mundane and unfulfilling. Two years on, he decided to continue his stint beyond his Operationally Ready Date. What changed his mind?
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