The Solomon Islands Police Commissioner Peter Aoranisaka has welcomed Fiji’s assistance in unifying the Melanesian countries police forces through the Regional Police Academy and the Police Co-operation Unit.
Mr Aoranisaka said the region was in need of such leadership because of the high demand in human and drug trafficking cases which the region was vulnerable to.
“Solomon Islands is very supportive of the initiatives of the MSG under Fiji’s leadership in information sharing through the PCU and the Regional Police Academy, which will set the platform for even greater awareness and co-operation among MSG countries,” he said.
“We are in need of such co-operation and we are thankful that Fiji provides that and through these initiatives we will be able to curb transitional crimes at our borders.”
Commissioner Aoranisaka is in Nadi attending the 4th MSG Police Commissioners Conference where he praised former conference chairman Major General Ioane Naivalurua for looking at the interests of the region through policing, especially community policing.
“We can certainly learn a lot from Fiji and this is evident from its highly successful community policy framework,” Commissioner Aoranisaka said.
“Last year the Fijian police carried our community policing in some of our regions in Guadalcanal and the people were very appreciative and we would like to learn from Fiji and implement a few such policies in the Solomons.”
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