Details of the incident were shared by the force in a release on June 1, 2021.
Out at hotel pool with friends
The officer, Sergeant Al Asyraf Bin Azman, was out with his friends that day for a swim at a hotel.
The ground response force officer from Nanyang Neighbourhood Police Centre in Jurong West was dipping his legs in the water when he spotted a pink object beneath the waters’ surface.
The object was visibly still for seven to 10 seconds.
Curious that the object remained submerged, he decided to have a closer look.
Upon inspecting the object, Al Asyraf was shocked to see a motionless toddler in her pink swimsuit at the bottom of the pool.
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Just three days after she downloaded the myResponder application, Ms Rubio Franchesca Santos helped to save a man s life after she was alerted to his collapse near Boon Lay MRT station on Sept 27.
Then, on Oct 14, the National University Hospital (NUH) senior staff nurse was alerted to a suspected cardiac arrest case near her home.
But the elderly cancer patient died despite Ms Francesca performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on him .
Last week, Ms Franchesca, 31, received the Singapore Civil Defence Force s Community Lifesaver Award with three SMRT workers who had also responded to the Boon Lay station incident.
She had also received a Community First Responder Award in October for stepping forward to help her elderly neighbour.