Media Releases

Members of the public in Honiara as well as schools in and around the capital will able to find out about what the various departments of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) do daily when they visit the 2018 RSIPF Open Day which opens at the Rove Police Sport Ground in West Honiara tomorrow (27 September).

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) thank members of the general public and sport fans for good behaviour shown during the Men’s Under 16 Oceania Football Championship held in Honiara during the past two weeks.

Assistant Commissioner (AC) National Capital and Crime Prevention, Superintendent Solomon Sisimia says, “This was a big event involving several hundred RSIPF officers providing security during the game. I would like to thank members of the general public for the good behaviour shown during the duration of the whole tournament.”

Police officers in Taro Choiseul Province are enquiring into the death of a 45-year-old-male after he died at a logging camp in Moli, Choiseul Province on 21 September 2018.

The deceased, a local, was employed as a chainsaw operator at the logging camp.

Provincial Police Commander, Choiseul Province, Superintendent Vincent Eria says, “It is alleged that the deceased was cutting a tree when a dead branch fell and hit his head. He was taken to Moli Clinic and but was pronounced dead by the medical authorities there.”

In a fulfilment of being “Polis Blo Iu” or “Your Police”, the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) is opening its doors at the Rove Police Headquarters in Honiara and throughout the provinces to the public in a two-day Open Day program from 27 – 28 September 2018.