Committee of Supply 2026 debate, Day 2: Sim Ann on leveraging smart and autonomous technologies in Home Team

The Home Team increasingly has to “do more with less” and must fully exploit the opportunities offered by technology, said Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs Sim Ann. Speaking in parliament on Friday (Feb 27), she highlighted the efforts to leverage smart and autonomous technologies this year. At Singapore Prisons, a robot to support officers during patrols and yard supervision will be trialled in the first quarter. From May, the Singapore Civil Defence Force will roll out SG Alert to broadcast emergency alerts. The Singapore Police Force will roll out R-COP, an AI-enabled chatbot for lodging police reports, to more self-help kiosks by the middle of the year. Another area that the Home Team is investing heavily in technology is road safety. The Traffic Violation Enforcement Camera, which leverages video analytics and automatic number plate recognition, will strengthen traffic policing capabilities when it is fully operationalised in the first quarter of this year.