Tag: Police training
Solomon Islands police complete combat drill with Chinese trainers
By Robert Iroga in Honiara
Fourteen officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) have completed the first public order management (POM) training conducted...
Police have become political tool under Widodo’s watch, says rights group
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Lokataru Legal and Human Rights Foundation says there are two problems with the Indonesian police which have developed during the...
NZ police scrapping Armed Response Teams after trial, says commissioner
By RNZ News
Police Commissioner Andrew Coster announced today that Armed Response Teams will not be part of the New Zealand policing model in the...
Indonesia beefs up anti-terror police unit to combat ‘extremist’ challenge
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Indonesia is beefing up its elite Detachment 88 (Densus 88) unit in light of increased threats from local and international terror...
Cyber ‘provocation’ Indonesian police’s biggest challenge, says Kalla
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Cyber "provocation" -- through social media -- is one of the biggest challenges being faced by the Indonesia's national police (Polri)...
PNG’s media council unveils updated code of ethics as guide for...
Charmaine Poriambep of TVWan News reports on the timely new PNG code of ethics.
Pacific Media Watch News Desk
Journalists, reporters and media practitioners in Papua...
PNG police chief stands down expat security contractor over ‘illegals’
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
A group of United States security contractors engaged by Papua New Guinea's police chief to give firearms training have been...
Solomon Islands decision to rearm police sparks heated debate
By Lowen Sei
The Solomon Islands police force is facing one of its biggest tests of legitimacy since the withdrawal of the Australian-led Regional Assistance...