Crimewatch is a television programme produced by the National Crime Prevention Council, Singapore and Singapore Police Force

Singapore Police Force

The Singapore Police Force is the main agency tasked with maintaining law and order in the city-state. Formerly known as the Republic of Singapore Police , it has grown from an 11-man organisation to a 38,587 strong force...

. Currently presented by serving regular police officer

Police officer

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s, it showcases the work of the Singapore Police Force

Singapore Police Force

The Singapore Police Force is the main agency tasked with maintaining law and order in the city-state. Formerly known as the Republic of Singapore Police , it has grown from an 11-man organisation to a 38,587 strong force...

: including solved cases, appeals for unsolved cases, as well as crime prevention advice. It is based on the German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 programme Aktenzeichen XY... ungelöst

Aktenzeichen XY... ungelöst

Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst is a German television programme broadcast since October 1967 on ZDF that aims to combat and solve crimes. Until 2003 it was produced in co-operation with the Austrian public service broadcaster ORF and Schweizer Fernsehen, a division of the Swiss public broadcaster...

, or "File XY... Unsolved".

The programme is telecast monthly in four languages: English ("Crimewatch"), Mandarin ("绳之以法"), Malay ("Jejak Jenayah") and Tamil ("Kutrak Kankaanippu"). The English version was first shown in 1986, followed by Mandarin, then Malay in year 2000 and Tamil in 2001.

Hosts

The current presenters for the series includes Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Julius Lim and Teo Zi-Ming (English version), Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Justin Wong (Mandarin version), Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Zainal Ramli (Malay version) and Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Kalaichelvan Daniel (Tamil version).

Some of the former hosts include:

• Superintendent of Police (Supt) Koh Wei Keong
• Superintendent of Police (Supt) Lee Chee Chiew
• Superintendent of Police (Supt) Philip Mah
• Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Audrey Ang
• Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Hassan
• Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Rachel Soh
• Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) S. Pannirselvam
• Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Gail Wong Li-Jing
• Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Lily Lee Su Hoon
• Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Fadzil Abdul Rahman
• Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Lim Tung Li
• Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Jessica Ang

Episode format

In most segments, through reenactments, the programme shows the details of what happened in a crime, as well as detailed sentencing of the suspect. The narrator describes the scene of the crime, however, the current presenter would take over for the sentencing part. The conclusion of each segment offers advice to the public for their own protection and safety related to that particular segment.

See also

• Crimewatch UK
• Traffic Cops
  Traffic Cops
  Traffic Cops is a documentary series on BBC One which follows traffic officers from various British police forces. The current series follows Bedfordshire Police. Previous series have followed Cheshire, Hampshire, Humberside, South Wales, South Yorkshire and Sussex police forces...
  
   (also called Car Wars)
• America's Most Wanted
  America's Most Wanted
  America's Most Wanted is an American television program produced by 20th Television, and was the longest-running program of any kind in the history of the Fox Television Network until it was announced on May 16, 2011 that the series was canceled after twenty-three years, with the final episode...
  
  , similar programme for the United States of America
• Police Report, similar programme in Hong Kong
• India's Most Wanted
  India's Most Wanted
  India's Most Wanted is a crime busting fugitive hunter television show in India. It is appreciated by Indian police, especially Delhi police, for helping to catch fugitive criminals. This program has shown live telecasts and programs on fugitives. Crime reports have been publicized and have helped...
  
   inspired program in India
• Police Report, similar program in Hong Kong
• Linha Direta
  Linha Direta
  Linha Direta was a Brazilian television program broadcast by Globo Network. Similar in style and loosely based upon the United States program, America's Most Wanted, this program has also helped the Brazilian authorities apprehend many criminals at large trying to escape justice....
  
  , similar program in Brazil
• Efterlyst
  Efterlyst
  Efterlyst is a Swedish TV program, equivalent of America's Most Wanted. The show plays security camera footage, reconstructions of crimes, and then takes calls and tips from the Swedish public...
  
  , similar program in Sweden
• Crimecall
  Crimecall
  Crimecall is an Irish television programme broadcast once a month on RTÉ. It is based loosely on the format of the German television programme Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst, and more closely on its British derivative Crimewatch, whose format it is almost identical to.-Format:The show reconstructs...
  
  , Republic of Ireland
• Crime Watch
  Crime Watch
  Crime watch may refer to:* Crime watch or neighborhood watch, a citizens' organization devoted to crime prevention within a neighborhood* Neighbourhood Watch , neighbourhood watch in the UK* Crimewatch, a British television show on BBC One...
  
  , similar program in Trinidad and Tobago

External links

• Crimewatch