Media Releases

Dec 16

Police in the Western Province have commended community leaders and two police officers on annual leave for arrest of three suspects for disturbances at Dovele Vellavella on the 16 December 2018 and handed the suspects to Gizo Police Station.

On the 16 December 2018 community leaders with support of the two police officers who were on annual leave arrested three suspects for consuming home brew, causing disturbances and manufacturing illegal home brew.

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Dec 14

Community leaders of Savulei ward in Guadalcanal Province have benefited from a Crime Prevention Workshop conducted at Verahue village in West Guadalcanal on 14 December 2018.

This is the third training conducted in Guadalcanal Province after police established Community Crime Prevention Committee (CPC) in the Provinces last year.

Among the 40 participants there are 28 males and 12 females who participated during the training.

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Dec 14

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) today (14 December 2018) arrested the current Minister for Forestry and Research and Member of Parliament (MP) for Gao/Bugotu Constituency in Isabel Province and charged him in relation to an alleged misappropriation of Government funds.

Police will allege that on 25 December 2014, the MP converted $100,000.00 of Constituency Development Funds granted to the Gao/Bugotu Constituency by the Solomon Islands Government for the benefit of himself and others by using those funds to pay for a private Christmas party.

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Dec 13

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) is calling for the full cooperation of the public in Honiara intending to attend the Carols in the Islands event this Saturday 15 December 2018.

“Police in Honiara City will be mounting an operation during the event including visibility patrols in and outside of the venue at the Lawson Tama Football Stadium and assisting the flow of traffic going to and leaving the venue,” says Provincial Police Commander, Honiara City, Chief Superintendent Stanley Riolo.

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Dec 12

The Commissioner of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force, Matthew Varley and members of his Executive team today (12 December 2018) met with a senior United States delegation of civilian and military officials led by the US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, the Hon. Randall Schriver at the Rove Police Headquarters in Honiara.

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Dec 12

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) calls for more discussions on issues affecting youth in the country as another suicide incident involving a 20-year-old male person is reported to have happened at the Sun Valley area East of Honiara on 10 December 2018.

Police at the Henderson Police Station also attended to an attempted suicide incident involving another youth also on the same day at the Zome Enterprises Yard at Henderson.

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Dec 07

Twenty seven Close Personal Protection (CPP) officers in the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) graduated after a-five-week Close Personnel Protection (CPP) Training program at Rove Police Headquarters on 7 December 2018.

Eight officers of the RSIPF Police Response Team (PRT) officers also graduated making a total participation of 35 officers.

There were nine female officers in the group who also graduate with certificate on CPP Basic Training.

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Dec 11

Police in Guadalcanal Police are investigating the alleged rape of a young girl on a date in October 2018 at Alligator Creek East of Honiara.

Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Guadalcanal Province, Chief Superintendent Evelyn Thugea says, “In October the victim was accompanied by her two cousin brothers to go fishing at Alligator Creek.”

PPC Thugea explains: “As they were still fishing, a man appeared holding a bush knife, and approached the victim and invited her to go to another creek which he said had more fish. The victim then followed the man.”

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Dec 05

Members of the Provincial Crime Prevention Council in Makira Ulawa Province have benefitted from a- one-day workshop conducted by police at Kirakira on 5 December 2018.

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Dec 10

The mobility capacity of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has been boosted when it officially received 16 new motor cycles from the Government of the Republic of China (ROC) of Taiwan during a ceremony at the Rove Police Headquarters in Honiara today 10 December 2018.

The assistance comes under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on police cooperation signed between the governments of ROC and Solomon Islands last year.

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