The second recruit training course within the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) for this year has begun at the RSIPF Police Academy in Honiara with the recruitment of 70 new recruits.
RSIPF Commissioner, Matthew Varley, members of his Executive and Advisors from Australia and New Zealand attended the opening ceremony for the training course at the Rove Police Headquarters in Honiara today Monday 6 November 2017.
“As the Commissioner of Police, I am pleased that this second recruit has been able to start as expected and I wish to acknowledge the Director of Police Human Resources and his team for making this possible,” says Commissioner of Police, Matthew Varley at the opening ceremony.
In welcoming the new recruits, Commissioner Varley says, “I am so proud to see you in your blue uniforms today. I want you to remember from day one that you should be proud of yourself for successfully completing all the requirements of the police recruit process.”
Commissioner Varley adds, “For the next twenty weeks or so you will be taught and equipped with knowledge of being a professional police officer. To be a professional officer, you are also expected to discharge your duty with the highest ethical behaviour. Your country will rely on you for security.”
Patron of the 2017 Second Recruit Training Course and former Clerk of the National Parliament, Mrs Taeasi Sanga also addressed the new recruits.
“I am honoured to have been appointed patron of this second recruit course for this year. As a mother representing the children of this country I will expect you to wear that uniform with pride and respect. The uniform you wear shows you are a police officer and it plays an important role when you are out on the street and in the community. The uniform speaks for its self. When people see the uniform, people know you are a police officer there to maintain law and order in our communities,” says Mrs Taeasi.
Included in the 70 new recruits are 56 males and 14 females. This is because not enough females’ candidates were left after the first recruitment course in the first half this year after the recruitment drive by the RSIPF early this year.