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Protective Security Command

The Protective Security Command (ProCom) is a specialist counter-terrorist police unit of the Singapore Police Force (SPF). ProCom was commissioned on 8 July 2016 to strengthen crime-fighting and counter-terrorism efforts by optimising National Service manpower. The unit has the largest group of full-time National Servicemen (NSFs) and Operationally Ready National Servicemen (NSmen) in the SPF. ProCom's mission is to protect strategic events and locations during peacetime and national emergencies. The predecessor of ProCom is the Police National Service Key Installations Command (KINS), established in October 1994 under the Police National Service Department.

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The Protective Security Command (ProCom) is a specialist counter-terrorist police unit of the Singapore Police Force (SPF). ProCom was commissioned on 8 July 2016 to strengthen crime-fighting and counter-terrorism efforts by optimising National Service manpower. The unit has the largest group of full-time National Servicemen (NSFs) and Operationally Ready National Servicemen (NSmen) in the SPF. ProCom's mission is to protect strategic events and locations during peacetime and national emergencies. The predecessor of ProCom is the Police National Service Key Installations Command (KINS), established in October 1994 under the Police National Service Department.

Key claims

  1. date of establishment: 1994 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1994". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1379029840

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