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The RSIPF Commissioner, Frank Prendergast, two RAMSI PPF trainers and the officers who completed the two-week negotiation training which ended at the RAMSI base at the GBR on 17 November. Mr Prendergast commended the officers for completing the training which he remarked is very important in the work of the officers as they try to defuse situations before they escalate. The training is also important in the implementation of the limited rearmament of the RSIPF where officers will be required to use their negotiation skills before the use of any firearms only as the last resort.

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Royal Solomon Aelans Police talem bae hem givim $100,000 (reward) fo eni wan wea kamap wetem gud stori follom sutsut an bonebone lo Mbike Aelan lo namba 9 Desemba 2014.

Lo namba 9 Desemba 2014 olketa man attackem nao boat Sun Express lo Mbike aelan, Central Provence. Olketa man ia firem nao staka bullet lo boat ia an afta puarem petrol lo boat, olketa bonem wetem faea. Long taem blo sutsut ia, three (3) fala wakaman blo boat Sun Express ia nao stap insaed boat ia wetem 17 fala niu memba blo (Parliament) Govman lo Mbike aelan.

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Royal Solomon Islands Police announce a reward of $100,000 for information in relation to the shooting and arson attack at Mbike Island on 9 December 2014.

On 9 December 2014 persons attacked the motor vessel Sun Express at Mbike Island, Central Province. The persons fired a number of shots at the boat and later threw petrol onto the boat and set the petrol on fire. At the time the shots were fired three crew members of the Sun Express were on board the vessel. Also present on Mbike at the time of the attack were 17 newly elected members of parliament.

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Royal Solomon Islands Police are announcing a reward for information in relation to the shooting and arson attack on the Sun Express at Mbike Island on 9 December 2014.

On 9 December 2014 persons attacked the motor vessel Sun Express at Mbike Island, Central Province. The persons fired a number of shots at the boat and later threw petrol onto the boat and set the petrol on fire. Present on Mbike at the time of the attack were 17 newly elected members of parliament. Following the attack the offenders left the scene.

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Officers from the Maritime Police Department of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force have been awarded with certificates on 3rd November 2016, following completion of an ‘In-Country Corrosion Prevention Course’. The week long course was conducted between 25th and 29th September 2016 at Aola Patrol Boat Base in Honiara.

The certificates were presented by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Operations, Madam Gwen Ratu, at the Aola base shortly after her muster with Maritime Police officers.

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The Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) Participating Police Force Commander (CPPF), John Tanti has taken his oath before the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Commissioner Frank Prendergast at Rove Police Headquarters on the 31st October 2016.

Commander John Tanti takes his oath to carry out duties as Deputy Commissioner of Royal Islands Police Force, whilst also performing the responsibility of commanding the PPF.

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Royal Solomon Island Police Force sign Memorandum of Understandings (MoU’s) with the Leadership Code Commission (LCC) and Public Service Commission (PSC) on the 27th October 2016 at Rove Police Headquarters, Honiara, Solomon Islands.

The Commissioner of Police before the signing of the MoU’s formally welcome the Chairman of the Leadership Code Commission and Chairman of Public Service Commission.

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The Guadalcanal police have arrested and charged a man in his mid-30’s following the death of his pregnant wife at Kolona village, North/ South Guadalcanal on Tuesday morning.

Police alleged the deceased who is a 5-month old pregnant mother with five kids, was reported by one of the villagers, when he saw the deceased mother lying at her home on Tuesday evening.

Police was notified and immediately investigated the report which led to the arrest of the deceased husband at his resident.

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Task Force Janus is a joint effort between the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) and the Ministry of Finance & Treasury (MOFT).

The focus of the Task Force is to identify, apprehend and prosecute individuals involved in fraud and corruption within but not limited to the Solomon Island Public Service.

The Task Force is an intelligence led operation with MOFT and has identified a number of individuals suspected of corruption and abuse of their public office.

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The five officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force who joined the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur, Sudan last month have settled into their duties in communities in North Darfur as they continue to make a mark on the UN policing mission.

Reports from the base at Darfur say that the RSIPF Officers have been actively involved in patrols to Internally Displaced People (IDP) Camps and villages, visitations to Government of Sudan (GoS) Police Stations and providing assistance in the safe delivery of humanitarian aid to identified communities.

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