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ConstraintPhysical automation2011-01-02
Singapore's criminal procedure code makes an arrest a physical act by a person, who must touch or confine the body of the person arrested
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Event date / reported
2011-01-02
Evidence stage
ConstraintFailure, rollback, regulation or cost is suppressing adoption. Can lower an assessment or widen its uncertainty.
Tasks this bears on
Responding to incidents and making arrests
Arriving at a fight, a crash or a domestic call, calming or controlling the situation, and arresting someone when the law requires it.
Still human-led✓ Evidence-backed
Where this applies
Singapore. The code says any police officer may, without a warrant, arrest a person concerned in or reasonably suspected of an arrestable offence; that in making an arrest the police officer or other person must touch or confine the body of the person arrested unless they submit by word or action; that reasonable means may be used if they resist; and that the person must not be restrained more than necessary. Sections 75 and 76 carry no amendment annotation. It describes how an arrest is made and by whom; it says nothing about drones or robots at incidents.
What this means
In Singapore, the arrest at the end of a response is in law something a person does with their hands.
What it does not yet show
One country's procedure law; it covers arrest, not the rest of attending an incident.
What you can check
Open the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 on Singapore Statutes Online, go to section 75, and find "must touch or confine the body of the person to be arrested".
Does it change the assessment?
No. The impact index is never moved by a single event. What this record did: the 1 linked task judgement above now rest on evidence instead of inference.
Source
Singapore Statutes Online — Criminal Procedure Code 2010, sections 64, 75 and 76 (no amendment annotation on ss. 75-76; in force since the Code's commencement on 2 January 2011) · verified 2026-10-15 · Claude (VOLO agent) · interpreted 2026-10-15 · Claude (VOLO agent)
Primary source — published by the party that did this, or the authority of record. No co-signature needed.