The Old Police Academy (abbreviation: OPA; formerly known as the Police Academy (alternate: TRACOM ), Police Training School and Police Depot ) is a defunct police training school-facility located at 1, Mount Pleasant Road , off Thomson Road in Singapore . It was the primary training institute for the Singapore Police Force 's Training Command until December 2005, when most of the school's functions moved to the new Home Team Academy in Choa Chu Kang . Today, it is being gradually demolished to make way for the upcoming Mount Pleasant MRT station as well as for future housing redevelopment and land repurposing.
9-621: The Police Academy at its Thomson Road location first functioned as the permanent home of what was then known as the Police Depot in 1929. It continued to serve as a police training ground when the Police Depot was renamed the Police Training School in 1945, and during the period from 16 September 1963 to 9 August 1965 when Singapore was part of Malaysia and the school was named Sekolah Latihan Polis before reverting to its former name upon Singapore's independence. As part of
18-554: Is a major trunk road linking Singapore's central business district with the northern suburban areas of the country. The road is one of the longest in Singapore, starting from Novena in the south towards MacRitchie Reservoir , before continuing northwards as Upper Thomson Road towards Yishun and Sembawang . The road was named after John Turnbull Thomson , who was the Government Surveyor and Chief Engineer of
27-536: Is currently under construction goes through major parts of Thomson Road. Various train stations ply both Upper Thomson Road and Thomson Road, including Springleaf station and the namesake Upper Thomson station on the Thomson–East Coast Line (TEL), as well as Novena station on the North–South Line (NSL). Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore Too Many Requests If you report this error to
36-480: The Straits Settlements from 1841 to 1853. Thomson Road was constructed to connect the city centre to the airport and naval base at Seletar . The road was originally known as Thomson Road, after which the name was Seletar Road. This resulted in confusion as the naval and air bases, were then both known as Seletar. In response to this, parts of the road were renamed in 1939. It was determined that
45-559: The Thomson Road Grand Prix circuit , the original Singapore Grand Prix from 1961 to 1973. The present-day Thomson Road begins at a major road junction with Keng Lee Road, Kampong Java Road, Cavenagh Road and Norfolk Road, and leads northwards through the Novena residential area. It passes by Toa Payoh before continuing on as Upper Thomson Road at the junction with Braddell Road and Lornie Road . It skims along
54-687: The road would be called Thomson Road until the Yio Chu Kang junction, whereupon it was to become Upper Thomson Road until the Mandai Road junction. From the Mandai Road junction until the northern coast, it was named as Sembawang Road. The name Seletar Road was dropped. In 1959, the Singapore Rural Board (RB) renamed the stretch of road from the junction of Braddell and Thomson Roads to the junction of Mandai and Sembawang Roads, as Upper Thomson Road. Parts of Thomson Road formed
63-550: The streamlining exercise of the SPF in 1969, the Police Training School was elevated to a full academy and took on the name of "Singapore Police Academy" (SPA), when then Minister for Interior and Defence Lim Kim San officiated the ceremony on 2 August 1969. The Singapore Police Academy functioned as the operation side of police training, while the staff functions came under the Police Training Department, before
72-474: The two were formally merged as the Training Command (TRACOM) in 1997. The name "Police Academy", however, was retained mainly in reference to the training campus. This Singapore location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This law enforcement –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Thomson Road, Singapore Thomson Road
81-523: The western edge of Bishan and Ang Mo Kio , which also passes through quite a few private residential estates, Thomson Plaza and The Singapore Island Country Club. Towards the end, after Springleaf Estate, the road crosses junction with Mandai Road , where it continues northwards via Sembawang Road. It is also the site of Saint Joseph Institution International , Ministry of Social and Family Development , Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore , and many more. The North–South Corridor and Expressway , which
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