The advent of Facebook has changed life in a big way for our police force.

Apart from having to answer calls made to their "999" emergency hotline, and e-police reports made to their website, they now need to respond to things like these:

1. Apparently, police officers cannot talk or use their mobile phones while patrolling:

2. Confessions of a PAP supporter:

3. What Is The Police Doing #1 (Since we're talking about a complaint I have, let's throw in another as a by-the-way edition)

4. What Is The Police Doing #2 (Why haven't you been camping on my Facebook page to check for complaints I might post there edition). Also TYPING IN CAPS AND COMMENTING ON MY OWN POST WILL MAKE SURE THEY SEE IT RIGHT? 

5. Orh.

6a. (This one's a three-part doozy) Yes, of course the police can verify this based on your Facebook moniker.

6b. The person publishes the complaint on Facebook. TL;DR: Hello police my shop boss is bad. Please come fix all my workplace woes thanks.

6c. But wait, there's more: Is there a crime in here yet? Is there? 

We think the police was being quite kind, to be honest.

7. Hello, Have You Met Google? #1

8. Hello, Have You Met Google? #2

9. Litter is dangerous. Complain to police!

10. We never thought it was possible to loop the police into a problem you might have with a telco. #NowWeKnow 

11. And finally, not sure if trolling or serious — should be trolling.

Yeah, trolling.

Perhaps we all need to learn one of the following:

1)  What constitutes a crime;

2) When we should report something to the police (closely related to point 1) and

3) Where we should file a police report.

It is no wonder that the former Commissioner of Police Ng Joo Hee said in 2014 that he wanted to recruit 1,000 more police to beef up Singapore's anti-riot capability of the police and keep Singapore safe.

By helping the police help ourselves, our police force won't need to expand as aggressively, especially with our declining birth rates, and they'll all get to attend to actual problems.

Top image: Screenshot from Singapore Police Force Facebook page.

If you like what you read, follow us on Facebook and Twitter to get the latest updates.