RSIPF Officers Completed PSII Discipline Training

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF)’s Professional Standards and Internal Investigations (PSII), with the support of the RSIPF-AFP Policing Partnership Program (RAPPP), delivered a week of specialised Discipline Process and Procedure Training to 36 RSIPF Discipline Officers.

The RSIPF’s PSII investigate serious misconduct and criminal matters, whereas Discipline Officers investigate and provide recommendations at a local level, in relation to low level internal disciplinary matters.

Discipline Officers from every Province attended the training which runs from 7th to 11th October 2024 at the RSIPF Police Academy at Rove.

The training aimed at standardising and strengthening discipline management across the RSIPF. It focusses on improving local discipline processes and build Solomon Islands communities confidence in RSIPF.

Guest presenters from the Director General of the Solomon Islands Independent Commission Against Corruption (SIICAC) and The Leadership Code Commission (LCC) were afforded the opportunity to address participants.

PSII Director, Chief Superintendent Barry Rush Saukiu, PSII Deputy Director, Superintendent Bryan Erekali, PSII Inspector Allan Supa, and RAPPP Advisor to PSII, Bill Tooth, were instrumental in leading the planning, development and delivery of this training.

Together, PSII Director Saukiu and his members have extensive experience in administering disciplinary procedures and ensured participants received guidance and insight into ethical decision making, discipline process, discipline procedure, and the adjudication of discipline matters.

In his course opening remarks, PSII Director Saukiu said the “training is the way forward to improve discipline across all of the RSIPF”.

RSIPF Deputy Commissioner, Ian Vaevaso, said the training was the “first of its kind in the Solomon Islands” and that it will support the RSIPF developing ethical future RSIPF leaders.

At the conclusion of the program, participants had established a baseline for discipline processes and procedures across the RSIPF, which is aimed at strengthening the capabilities of the RSIPF's Discipline Officers. Furthermore, being provided a networking opportunity, RSIPF Discipline Officers were able to collaborate with and enhance their working relationship with PSII.

RAPPP is committed to the ongoing support to RSIPF discipline management and enhancing PSII and Discipline Officer capabilities across the RSIPF.