Police in the Choiseul Province are investigating a serious logging accident at the Suri logging camp in East Choiseul last Friday 25 August 2017 during which a log fell and broke the chainsaw operator’s right leg.
Police in Taro became aware of the accident when the male person was brought to the Taro hospital during the weekend. He has since been transferred to the National Referral Hospital in Honiara given the seriousness of his injury.
Motorists in Honiara are requested to take precautions while travelling in the vicinity of the main Mataniko Bridge this Sunday 27 August as there will be a thermal fogging treatment in the area as from 6 am in the morning.
The thermal fogging treatment has been requested by the Management of the Kitano Construction to treat the high level of mosquito infestation in and around it’s worksite near the Mataniko Bridge.
The RSIPF has been made aware of a serious complaint against a police officer in Malaita. It has been alleged that a police officer was drunk in full uniform when he disturbed a family at a village in East Kwaio early this week.
"The RSIPF has been made aware of this serious complain. We are taking the complaint seriously and the matter is currently being investigated by the Provincial Police Commander, Malaita Province and our Professional Standards and Internal Investigations," says Commissioner, Matthew Varley.
Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police will be briefed on the RSIPF’s Crime Prevention Strategy during their 46th Conference which will be held in Guam 28 – 31 August 2017.
Commissioner, Matthew Varley and Deputy Commissioner, Operations, Gabriel Manelusi will represent the RSIPF at the meeting.
“This year’s conference with the theme of “Pacific Islands Together” is an opportunity for police chiefs around the region to come together and share ideas and programs we are working on and best practice,” says Commissioner Varley
A female officer of the RSIPF will lead the second group of officers from the Force to be deployed to the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur, Sudan in Africa.
“Eight RSIPF officers are now ready to be deployed to the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur. They have met all the pre-qualifications and training and medical checks and their files are already with the UN. We are waiting for instructions from the UN on when they will be deployed to Sudan,” says Commissioner, Matthew Varley.
The RSIPF once again reminds members of the public to take into serious consideration the weather before travelling in outboard motor canoes between the islands and from village to village in the country.
This follows the death of three people in a boat tragedy near a village in East Malaita on Saturday 19 August.
The National Community Policing team and Human Resources Department of the RSIPF are reaching out to members of the Youth @ Work during a Career Expo at the National Museum Auditorium in Honiara from 21 – 22 August 2017.
The RSIPF officers at the Career Expo are presenting on the values of the Force and what is expected of candidates who are thinking of making policing as a career.
Several hundred guests including parents, family members and friends, senior officers of the Government and the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force today witnessed the graduation of 69 recruits as new police constables into the Force.
Thirty-five male and 34 female officers representing all the provinces in Solomon Islands graduated from the Mrs Hilda Kari 2017 Recruit Course.
RSIPF today officially welcomed the new Minister of Police, National Security and Correctional Services Hon. Moses Garu with a parade at the Rove Police Headquarters in Honiara.
“Members of the RSIPF congratulate you on your appointment as the new Minister of Police and it’s our privilege to welcome you to the Rove Police headquarters this morning. We look forward to working closely with you during these interesting times for the Force as it progresses into the future after the departure of RAMSI,” says Commissioner of Police, Matthew Varley
RSIPF officers in Task Force JANUS today arrested a permanent secretary and charged him with multiple counts of official corruption, pursuant to Section 91 of the Penal Code of Solomon Islands
The wife of the suspect was also arrested and charged with multiple counts of false pretences.
It is alleged that the permanent secretary approved multiple payments for motor vehicle hire to a company registered to his wife and himself. The value of the payments is in excess of $1.1 million.
They will appear at the Honiara Magistrates Court tomorrow.
