SINGAPORE - Confidence in the Singapore Police Force (SPF) remains high, but the relationship between the police and the community should not be taken for granted and allowed to turn adversarial.

In a speech at the Police Workplan Seminar and Exhibition at the Singapore Expo on Friday, Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam said there are lessons to be drawn from events elsewhere where the police are seen as the enemy rather than protector of the community.