National Police Cadet Corps

Route of Advancement

The Corp's membership comprises students from the government secondary schools, adult and youth volunteers from the education service, tertiary institutes and members of public. As at Jun 2006, the NPCC has in its membership book, over 18,000 cadets from the secondary schools and over 1,000 adult and youth leaders.

Although supported by two government bodies, the NPCC is largely dependent on its members who volunteer to plan and implement training and enrichment activities for its student
members in the secondary schools. It is therefore important for NPCC to formalise the Route of
Advancement for its members. From the individual perspective, the advancement serves as a form of recognition of individuals. From the organisation perspective, the advancement serves to build a core group of members to strengthen the NPCC movement as a uniformed youth movement with a vision to "Mould the Builders of Safe and Secure Home".

Closely affiliated to the SPF, the NPCC adheres to the rank and uniform structure of its parent organisation. NPCC members can be categorised into the following categories :

No	Membership	Rank Structure	Description
a	Cadet	Recruit - Station Inspector	Secondary 1 to Secondary 4/5 students in government secondary schools.
b	Cadet Inspector	Cadet Inspector - Senior Cadet Inspector	Former cadets appointed and trained to become youth leaders.
c	Teacher Officer	Inspector - Deputy Superintendent	School teachers appointed and train to become adult leaders.
d	Honorary Officer	Inspector - Deputy Superintendent	Tertiary students and former Cadet Inspectors or former cadets with prerequisite education qualifications appointed and trained to become adult leaders.
e	Honorary Instructor	Non Uniformed	Former cadets or members of public with special skills appointed as adult leaders.

In general, an NPCC member can serve the Corps till the official retirement age of 62. Depending on his background, education qualifications and contributions, an NPCC member could move up the ranks from cadet to Assistant Commandant, which (at this point) is the highest attainable appointment for an NPCC member.

A former Assistant Commandant who had reached the official retirement age of 62 and would like to continue active service with the Corps could be appointed as Liaison Officer. Appointment to Liaison Officer is by invitation only.

A member of public with no NPCC background could also join the NPCC as a non-uniformed member.

The route of advancement for NPCC members is delineated as follows:

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