Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Home Affairs & Ministry of National Development Mr Desmond Lee will be presenting the Special Recognition Honour award to SMU Behavioural Sciences Institute director Professor David Chan in appreciation of his significant contributions over the years to the Home Team at the Opening Ceremony of the 3rd Asian Conference of Criminal and Operations Psychology.
According to Mr Desmond Lee's speech, “Professor David Chan has made many significant contributions to the Home Team for more than two decades. In the early 1990s, he designed and administered the first police assessment centre. He was instrumental in setting up the police psychological unit and the psychology resource panel. Over the years, he has developed and validated various psychometric selection systems for the Singapore Police Force and the Singapore Prison Service. He has also conducted different projects on the values and attitudes of public officers and the findings have helped inform organizational development in the Home Team. Today, he continues to be involved in the Home Team through his work as Board member of the Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises (SCORE).”