Media Releases

Officers of Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Honiara will conduct a High visibility presence to monitor the situation in Honiara after a protest was planned to happen today 12 August 2021.

Supervising Director National Response Department (NRD) Inspector Elvis Manakako says, “The high visibility presence is to reassure the general public that the RSIPF is fully prepared to deal with any breach of peace. Furthermore RSIPF will not tolerate any anti-social behaviour or individuals who want to take law into their own hands.”

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) will be conducting a Render Safe Procedure task at AJ gravel site, from 8am to 2pm at the upper Lungga River in East of Honiara on 10 August 2021.

Officer In-charge (OIC) EOD team, Inspector Clifford Tunuki says, “This was in response to a UXO report, reported to police previously by the local communities in that area. The UXO is currently not safe to be moved and requires a Render Safe Procedure (RSP) task.”

Several hundred family members, invited guests and officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) today witnessed the graduation of 68 recruit officers as police constables during a ceremony at the Rove Police Headquarters in Honiara today (6 August 2021).

This is the first recruit group for 2021. There are 28 women and 40 men in the group.

Royal Solomon Islands Police Inspector Nevol Soko has been promoted to the rank of Superintendent as he becomes the Director of the Maritime Department.

Speaking during a brief ceremony at the Rove Police Headquarters in Honiara today (5 August) RSIPF Commissioner Mangau told the newly promoted Superintendent Soko, “We have the trust and confidence in you as you receive your letter of promotion to look after the Police Maritime Department. It is not easy to take up such a responsibility but you have proven yourself during your time when you supervised the office.”