Police STAR team

• Acerguy_007

  11 Dec 05, 03:12

  Erm can i know more about them?
• Pitot

  11 Dec 05, 03:28

  They wear black unfiorms. Black balaclavas and use black coloured weapons.
• Acerguy_007

  11 Dec 05, 03:31

  Dot Dot haha i just curious about this unit because not many people knew about it
• Pitot

  11 Dec 05, 03:33

  Originally posted by Acerguy_007:

  Dot Dot haha i just curious about this unit because not many people knew about it

  They are essentially the SWAT team of singapore.
  STAR team is a unit of Special Operations Command
• Acerguy_007

  11 Dec 05, 03:36

  I have seen their website and i think they are really pro
  Think they might be the elite among the elites
• Pitot

  11 Dec 05, 03:37

  Originally posted by Acerguy_007:

  I have seen their website and i think they are really pro
  Think they might be the elite among the elites

  Yar, their website is quite cool. Other than that, i think you will find it hard to et info from anywhere..
• Acerguy_007

  11 Dec 05, 03:39

  Haha my cousin friend is from STAR its only through him do i learn about the existence of this cool unit
• Pitot

  11 Dec 05, 03:40

  Originally posted by Acerguy_007:

  Haha my cousin friend is from STAR its only through him do i learn about the existence of this cool unit

  haha, all those who know the force well or are in the force know of their exsistence la..
• Acerguy_007

  11 Dec 05, 03:43

  Haha anyway do they do parachuting?
• Pitot

  11 Dec 05, 03:45

  Originally posted by Acerguy_007:

  Haha anyway do they do parachuting?

  I dont know that. But I know that they are trained in heli-ops.
• sadistmy

  11 Dec 05, 17:12

  Originally posted by Acerguy_007:

  I have seen their website and i think they are really pro
  Think they might be the elite among the elites

  elites among the law enforcing community, yes.
  among threats handling, no.
  thats why we have the special forces,
  and STAR is not considered as special force,
  simply because of the magnitude of their training and capabilities.
  Ask any STAR member,
  they will admit.
• Pitot

  11 Dec 05, 17:27

  Elite amongst the SPF certainly. But not the Armed forces. Simply because they are not trained in warfare. Afterall, they are part of the SPF.
• houndy

  11 Dec 05, 18:52

  They got very good allowance just for doing nothing much... not bad right...
• Simon Dean

  12 Dec 05, 19:08

  did STAR team yse m16 as its primary weapon back in the early star days?
• chunyong

  12 Dec 05, 19:31

  Originally posted by sadistmy:

  elites among the law enforcing community, yes.
  among threats handling, no.
  thats why we have the special forces,
  and STAR is not considered as special force,
  simply because of the magnitude of their training and capabilities.
  Ask any STAR member,
  they will admit.

  they have to do parachute jump to get their Wings but they do not do airborne.
  
  STAR is 3-legged cat lah
• f50_vapor

  12 Dec 05, 19:56

  wat u mean by 3 legged cat??
  
  
• alwaysdisturbed

  12 Dec 05, 20:27

  when r they usually deployed?
  dun c dem arnd one...
• ceecookie

  12 Dec 05, 20:27

  Originally posted by Pitot:

  They wear black unfiorms. Black balaclavas and use black coloured weapons.

  mp5....
• chunyong

  12 Dec 05, 20:30

  Originally posted by f50_vapor:

  wat u mean by 3 legged cat??
  
  

  means buay gan one...
• Pitot

  12 Dec 05, 20:50

  Originally posted by alwaysdisturbed:

  when r they usually deployed?
  dun c dem arnd one...

  Of course you dont see them la.. If you see them got 2 reasons.
  
  1) Police conducting exercise.
  2) Something real real real real bad has happened..
• alwaysdisturbed

  12 Dec 05, 23:26

  Originally posted by Pitot:

  Of course you dont see them la.. If you see them got 2 reasons.
  
  1) Police conducting exercise.
  2) Something real real real real bad has happened..

  like dat i dun mind signin on star manz..
  haha
• saline

  13 Dec 05, 14:38

  than if got prob, who will the govt call? the commandos/SOF? STAR team?
  
• Acerguy_007

  14 Dec 05, 02:42

  So people are you saying STAR is not as capable as our SOF?
• Simon Dean

  14 Dec 05, 17:29

  Originally posted by Acerguy_007:

  So people are you saying STAR is not as capable as our SOF?

  can STAR fight in jungle/dive/ as SOF can do
• Pitot

  14 Dec 05, 17:55

  Pls do not mix STAR and SOF up.
  
  STAR is part of the Singapore Police Force. The personnel in STAR are Police Officers.
  SOF are part of Singapore Armed Forces. They are military men.
  
  STAR is essentially the SWAT team of Singapore. If there is war. The commandos will of cos fight the war. Not STAR. STAR is used to enforce the law in high risk situations. For example, Hijackings of bus, airliners. Hostage situations. So on and so forth. Star is heli-ops capable. And can also handle ops at sea. They are cross trained.
  
  Ok, some may wonder why have STAR when we have SOF? THis is because. STAR members are police officers. The main difference between a STAR member and a SOF member is, a STAR member has arresting powers. SOF members do not.
  STAR is formed to enforce the law. SOF is to protect our country.