Police provide high visibility presence Honiara

As part of the community engagement with the communities in Honiara, 20 Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at Naha, White River and Central Police Station have conducted a high visibility police presence in some outskirts in Honiara town yesterday (23 June 2021).

Deputy Commissioner (DC) National Security and Operation Support (NSOP) Mr Ian Vaevaso says, “As stated very clear in RSIPF Strategic Direction 2021-2025 to ‘improve community confidence and trust’ so police officers are doing such activities to provide safe, secured and peaceful place for our communities to live in.”

DC Vaevaso says, “There are two group of police officers doing the high visibility police presence. First group, they started from Naha Police Station up to borderline old police post, down to Green Valley to Talise bus stop and down to Kukum Traffic Department.”

Mr Vaevaso says, “The second group of police officers started from Naha Police Station down to Vura road to Kukum SDA bus stop and down to Kukum Traffic. They met at the Kukum Traffic Centre and withdraw to Central Police Station. It is an ongoing police duty and continue to make it as a routine event to make our communities feel safe.”

He says, “As part of the police engagement with the community, the Isabelian officers of the RSIPF also took part in Grereo Youth Festival at Town ground by performing some cultural items and provide police presence at the event.”

“During the high visibility presence, police officers have the chance to talk with people in the public and market vendors. This will help our people to know that police is there for them. I must appreciate police officers involved in the high visibility police presence. This will bring community trust and confidence in the police,” DC Vaevaso said.