at the crossroad

Not long after reading my coursemate Dusty write about the traffic police at Tampines, I myself had similar experience at Ang Mo Kio.

I was waiting to cross the road junction outside Ang Mo Kio MRT Station when suddenly an auntie approached me and in a hushed voice, told me that there were policemen catching jaywalkers. I looked across, and true enough there were 5 police officers in their dark blue uniform. It wasn't an ambush, it was a defensive position. During the short duration of waiting for the red man to turn green, I already saw 2 caught.

I don't have the habit of jaywalking at the busiest junction in Ang Mo Kio, but I still find it amusing that the auntie told me about it. It's like people vs police. In fact I was worried that blogging about it would compromise police operation, but hey I'm just discouraging people from jaywalking at that junction in Ang Mo Kio. *wink wink* I'm a good citizen. So people, don't jaywalk there ok? (there's a saying that waiting for the light to turn green at an empty road is stupid. What about getting caught cos you are smart? So now on top of "look right, look left, look right again", you have to add in the "look across for any law enforcement officer". Same thing I learned from people in Hong Kong)

On a side note, something that has been bothering me for an uber long time. How come police officers in Singapore don't have to wear head dress when on official business, except the police MRT unit, the Gukhas, and when my MP (member of parliament) is around? When I was in Hong Kong and mainland China, their policemen wear their peaked caps proudly when on duty. Talking about some of the best police forces in the region.