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.
A 19-year old male suspect has been arrested at the New Zealand Camp area East of Honiara today in connection with the removal of a plaque from the Bloody Ridge War Memorial last weekend.
This follows on from the discovery of the stolen plaque by a woman yesterday in the Lunga River area
RSIPF Guadalcanal Officers arrested the suspect today after information received from the woman who found the plaque and other members of the local community. The suspect will now be formally charged and to appear before the Court in due course
RSIPF Guadalcanal Officers today recovered the stolen plaque from the WWII memorial at Bloody Ridge East of Honiara and are in search for a suspect who allegedly removed the plaque last weekend.
The plaque was only installed during the recent commemorations to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal during the Second World War.
RSIPF with the assistance from local diving company, Tulagi Dives today located and recovered the body of the missing Asian crew from a tug boat that sunk off Bungana Island in the Central Islands Province in the early evening of Thursday 27 July 2017.
There were seven crew members on board the tug boat when it sank. Six of the crew swam to safety on Bungana Island except for the one Asian crew member.
RSIPF Officers in the Western Province are investigating the dead body of an adult female person found at Kinamara Village near Noro this morning 15 August 2017.
Provincial Police Commander, Western Province, Mathias Lenialu says reports reaching the police say the female in her 30’s was missing from her home since Friday 12 August 2017.
Honiara City Police officers have arrested the suspect in an alleged assault on two New Zealand (NZ) naval officers at a night club in the capital on the night of Friday 4 August 2017.
The two NZ naval officers were in Honiara as part of the recent 75th Battle of Guadalcanal Anniversary Commemorations.
