Realistic training at new base of Police Security Command

It features a 10-lane indoor shooting range and a tactics facility with movable partitions

- Zaihan Mohamed Yusof

Zaihan Mohamed Yusof Senior Crime Correspondent Police officers trained to keep Cabinet ministers and visiting foreign dignitaries safe have a new base that includes a training facility featuring realistic scenarios.

Located in Lorong 8 Toa Payoh, the Police Security Command (SecCom) base houses an air-conditioned 10-lane shooting range with moving targets and walls lined with anti-ricochet material.

The 25m-long range has double the number of lanes at the old base in Lorong 4 Toa Payoh, where only static targets were used.

The new range is large enough to accommodate diverse firing scenarios, such as shooting from behind vehicles or barricades.

Police said that with the indoor range, personal security officers (PSOS) can stay comfortable while training longer.

Targets can be programmed to move or drop when hit by a round.

As the walls are lined with anti-ricochet material, police said there is no danger of rounds bouncing off and hitting the officers.

SecCom showed the versatility of the range on Aug 27 with a "live" demonstration. As an officer playing the role of a dignitary was shot at, two PSOs moved in to protect him.