There were several messages circulating via text messaging platforms that give the false impression that the Police are proactively conducting checks at residential units to enforce the elevated safe distancing measures. This is not true.

What happened

The Police clarified that on 11 April 2020, they received a call from a man for assistance for a family dispute, and responded at about 9.55 pm to the case at a residential unit located at Jurong West Avenue 1.

During the engagement, the Police officers discovered that there was a gathering of family members, in particular two who were not from the household living in that residential unit. 

The Police officers issued a warning to the couple who were not residing there nor were they there for an essential purpose, for not complying with the elevated safe distancing measures under the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020.

Clarification

The Police do not proactively conduct checks at residential units specifically to enforce safe distancing measures. However, the Police will take enforcement action, if they come across anyone flouting elevated safe distancing measures when attending to other types of incidents at residential units reported by the public, such as the case of family dispute mentioned above.

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