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Vanuatu Police Force i tekem part long World Clean day today.

Area we VPF i mekem clean up long hem hemi long airport kasem long Tagabe round about .

VPF join wetem Department blong Environment blong mekem clean up long area ia.

A Vanuatu National Security consultation seminar was held on Thursday 6th of August 2018 at the Vanuatu Police Collage.

It is organized by the Vanuatu police Force in corporation with the ministry of internal affairs, with the aim of developing a first ever NS (National security) consultation inclining with the people’s plan of the national sustainable development plan.

“Today we are taking a first step to ensure that we address our national security, the importance of National Security is huge, as national security is intimately linked to economic stability, resource efficiency, good governance and social cohesion” said the minister of internal affairs, Hon Andrew Napuat.

He then expressed in his opening speech that National Security is a broad and evolving concept, concerning how Vanuatu shapes its environment, and how Vanuatu prevent and prepare for threats to its sovereignty, people, assets, infrastructure and institutions.

“Today National security is all about human security, climate change and natural disasters” he said

Leaders at the seminar are determined to de-isolate Vanuatu from economic developments as such as Chinas dynamic economic transformation, however a NSS must first be in place.

Vanuatu is not the only nation facing national security challenges. Governments around the world are being faced with more immediate national security challenges such as criminal, transnational crimes and terrorism.

‘Vanuatu’s security landscape concerns corruption, money laundering, drugs and arms, natural disaster, thus the responsibility of the state is to protect the sovereignty of the state and the values, wellbeing and the prosperity of the people ” said the commander of the VMF

An objective of the seminar is to develop an NSS that will drive the decision making on national security that will identify and prioritize different challenges.

“Our vision for Vanuatu’s national security is for a unified NS system that works with all partners to act on threats protecting our nation and shaping it based on our own interest and ensuring a safe and secure population’’ said Hon Andrew Napuat

He then said that once Vanuatu has identified its security objectives, efforts must be made to pursue them and work in collaboration cooperatively with all government agencies in realizing these objectives.

Different agencies may have different roles in addressing national security challenges but still all are bound by the government’s fundamental responsibility for national security.

The Close Protection Party Officers (CPPO) have gone through a range shooting exercise on the 5th of August 2018, organized by the Vanuatu Mobile Force training wing.

“The purpose of this shooting range is to familiarise our CPP officers with 9mm pistols that they are using to provide security to our nations figure heads” said Lieutenant Dora Sahe

There is a total of 20 CPP officers participating in the range shooting exercise including 6 other assisting officials.

“The officers have begun shooting from a 5m range, moving on to a 7m, 10m’s, and a 15m range thus enabling each officers to be firing on 20 rounds including 2 warning shots thus equivalent to 22 shots” she said

She then said that the exercise should be done regularly each year round but for the last three years there was none. However, she was enlightened with the result of the shooting, where all officers have targeted shots above average rounds.

A Senior Leadership Assessment Development Training is currently on at the Vanuatu Police College. It is a training conducted by the AFP joint with the VPF Human Resources Team and funded by the Australian Government through Ministry of Jastis.
Australian high Commissioner officially open and high light some importance of the training, the training will be conducted for four days and they have presenters from the University of the South Pacific, Ministry of Jastis, PICP and the Commissioner of the Solomon Island Royal Police.
VPF is very fortunate, as this is one of a first kind of training in VPF that some of the newly promoted officers are selected to attend and in the future, this training will continue to emerge the future leaders of the VPF.
The training is a unique senior leadership program that is open to applicants from all senior officers in VPF, Police Maritime Wing and VMF at the rank of Inspector and above.
The ADC will assess senior officer leadership skills and capabilities through a series of specially designed exercises using an established set of seven leadership capabilities or competencies.
Officers completing the ADC will have preferred access to available international and national training programmes that supports their leadership development as identified through the training.

Police Road Traffic Section has been recording a high number of road traffic accident during the weekends and therefore is warning all drivers driving around our public roads to Respect and Obey the traffic Laws to ensure our roads are safe to use by other road users.
There were other road users who are also using the public roads and are endanger by bad driving behaviour and habits and attitude of a few drivers whom did not respect the traffic laws even though they understand that bad driving behaviour can endanger other road users well-being and freedom to use the roads and safe to use the roads.
Children and adults and all road users have the rights to use the public roads.

Police traffic through Land Transport Authority is warning public land transport vehicle drivers Bus, taxi and transport that Police will suspend both Driver's license and Public vehicle permit of any public vehicle driver caught driving under influence of alcohol liquor under the Road Traffic control act Cap 29 section 16 stated that; It is an offence for any person to drive on the public road when under the influence of alcoholic liquor or a drug to such an extent that the driver is incapable of properly controlling his vehicle. A police officer shall be empowered without warrant to arrest any person contravening this section.

There is a penalty of 500,000 vatu for anyone caught breaching the section 16 of the Road Traffic Control Act Cap 29

Chief blong Navy blong Australia , Vice Admiral ( VADM) Michael Noonan, AO , RAN I mekem wan 1 day visit I kam long Vanuatu Tudei morning mo visitim Police Maritime Wing.

Long Visit ia VADM I meet wetem Commissioner blong Police, Mr Albert Nalphini , Commander Maritime , Mr Collin Ioan Kalwatman mo ol narafala bigman long Police Maritime Wing.

Long meeting blong olgeta, oli discussem ol way forwards blong improvem Vanuatu Police Maritime Wing long ol time we I stap kam.

VADM hemi first time blong visitim PWM mo hemi Congratulatem mo acknowlegdem bigwan work we RVS Tukoro hemi mekem blong assistim ol pipol blong Vanuatu long ol time blong disaster.

Vanuatu Police Force hemi signem wan Memorandum blong Anta standing wetem Royal Solomon Islands Police Commissioner long 22nd August oltaem long Conference room blong VPF Commissioner.

MOU ia hemi blong strengthenem future cooperation between tufala Police Forces long side blong
• Information sharing long area blong law enforcement
• Coordinate ol operations blong adressem Transnational crime
• Cooperate mo assist long capacity building mo professional development, mo
• Strengthenem ol existing networks between tufala forces.

Tufala Commissioners, Mr Mathew Varley, Commissioner blong Royal Solomon Islands Police mo Mr Albert Nalphini I glad tumas blong signem MOU ia mo talem se hemi wan achievement long tufala forces blong save sharem information mo work tugeta lo ol time we bae I stap kam.

Family Protection Unit (FPU) long Vanuatu Polis Force hemi recordem wan increase long ol Domestic Violence issues ova long last weekend.

Long record blong FPU I lukim se I gat 3 rape cases mo 2 sexual harassment we Driver I mekem long 2 pikinini we I gat 10 mo 13 yias.1 long ol Rape case ia , suspect hemi stap remand naoia long correctional centre mo 2 narafala rape mo sexual harassment cases I stap long further investigation blong Polis.

Polis hemi kamaot bakeken blong warnem yumi ol citizen blong mas tekem plante care time yumi stap wokabaot.Toksave I ko long yumi every wan , especially ol mama mo ol gel blong time yumi stap hope I ko inside long any bus I more safe blong yumi mas karem plate or registration number mo colour blong bus.Ol yangfala gel bifo yu stap aot long haos I mo safe blong yu letem parents blong yu save ples we yu stap ko long hem.

Ol Drivers blong ol vehicle , fasin blong harashem wan passengers inside long truck blong yu hemi againsem law mo yufala ol driver yufala I playem wan important role blong servicem ol pipol I no blong harasem olgeta .

Ol kind fasin nogud olsem oli stap kam antap plante mo yumi mas tinkabaot safety blong yumi oltaem.

Vila Police station I bin deployem 11 Police officers long 9th August 2018 I ko long Tanna .

Out long ol 11 officers ia I gat 3 female officers we oli part blong deployment .

Purpose blong deployment ia hemi blong assitim Tanna Police blong providem security long National School games we bae I stap long Tanna.

Long semak time bae oli Join tugeta wetem Tanna Police blong Contactem wan Traffic operations.

Long Narafala storian, Vila Police station hemi stap karemaot two operations naoia , Operation oak night mo operation WE Family Prection unit hemi stap karemaot blong clearem ol files blong hem .

Operation oak night , hemi blong ol night clubs mo ol bottle shops we oli stap operate without wan License. Police hemi bin finemaot se I gat samfala night clubs mo bottle shops oli operate without ol proper documents mo investigation hemi stap koko finis.

Long side blong ol trainings, Ol officers long Vila Police station oli bin ko tru long wan In- House training long 9th August long Police station .

In house training ia I involvem 10 officers, 1 sergeant mo 1 senior sergeant.

Training ia hemi wan Discipline training we oli ko tru long hem purposely long procedures blong harem wan case blong wan officer Follem disciplinary case blong hem .

Moreover, Vila Police station hemi stap karemaot plante work blong mekem sua se life mo property blon gol man I stap safe oltaem.Vila Police station I bin deployem 11 Police officers long 9th August 2018 I ko long Tanna .

Out long ol 11 officers ia I gat 3 female officers we oli part blong deployment .

Purpose blong deployment ia hemi blong assitim Tanna Police blong providem security long National School games we bae I stap long Tanna.

Long semak time bae oli Join tugeta wetem Tanna Police blong Contactem wan Traffic operations.

Long Narafala storian, Vila Police station hemi stap karemaot two operations naoia , Operation oak night mo operation WE Family Prection unit hemi stap karemaot blong clearem ol files blong hem .

Operation oak night , hemi blong ol night clubs mo ol bottle shops we oli stap operate without wan License. Police hemi bin finemaot se I gat samfala night clubs mo bottle shops oli operate without ol proper documents mo investigation hemi stap koko finis.

Long side blong ol trainings, Ol officers long Vila Police station oli bin ko tru long wan In- House training long 9th August long Police station .

In house training ia I involvem 10 officers, 1 sergeant mo 1 senior sergeant.

Training ia hemi wan Discipline training we oli ko tru long hem purposely long procedures blong harem wan case blong wan officer Follem disciplinary case blong hem .

Moreover, Vila Police station hemi stap karemaot plante work blong mekem sua se life mo property blon gol man I stap safe oltaem.

On Friday 3rd August 2018 the Commissioner of Police signed a Memorandum of Understanding MOU on First Aid Training with Country Manager of Pro Medical Ms Peta Owen.

The signing was witnessed by the VPF Executive at the Commissioner Conference room.

The MOU is a first of its kind between the two emergency services providers and enables Pro Medical to deliver the first aid unit of competence which has been endorsed by Vanuatu Qualifications Authority (VQA).

This newly established relationship under the MOU provides for first aid training to the VPF Recruit Course at no cost to the VPF. At the same time Pro Medical will be able to access the VPF Police Training College's Registered Training Organisation status with the VQA and give a certified qualification certificate to all people who successfully complete the training and assessment program.

The qualification will also be a requirement for recruits in the Diploma in Policing which means that police who receive the training will, as first-responders, be in a position to provide first aid when attending incidents and help save lives.

In May 2018, police rotations commenced on Santo, as part of the Authorised Persons and Registered Counsellors pilot, and will be ongoing for 12 months.

Under this initiative, four police officers will rotate throughout the pilot locations to provide support to Authorised Persons and Registered Counsellors as well as raise awareness around the work of police and receive complaints from community members with respect to criminal matters.

The Vanuatu Police Force is committed to supporting the piloting of the implementation of sections seven and eight of the Family Protection Act 2008 (FPA) relating to ‘Authorised Persons’ and ‘Registered Counsellors’.

The police rotations were initially proposed in 2015 in discussions with Commander North, Willie Samuel, who was supportive. In June 2017, the Commissioner of the Vanuatu Police Force (VPF), Albert Nalpini endorsed the piloting of the rotations.

Authorised Persons are community members who are appointed by the Government to make temporary protection orders in situations of domestic violence. These are complex roles, placing ordinary community members at the forefront of domestic violence responses in communities, and there are potentially significant safety risks. In order to mitigate these risks, various strategies are being put in place, including piloting police rotations in three pilot sites in Santo (South Santo, Fanafo Stone-Hill and Matantas/Malau).

The purpose of the rotations is to provide back-up and authority to Authorised Persons working in communities. Having a visible and regular police presence will demonstrate to communities that Authorised Persons are linked to state justice services; will allow Authorised Persons to raise or refer issues when necessary; and increases the VPF’s presence in more rural communities in Santo.

While in the communities, police officers are also expected to carry out their general duties and respond to issues raised by community members. The officers are required to abide by a code of conduct, in line with the VPF’s Standard Operating Procedures.

During their rotations, officers are being required to travel to several villages and to spend one or two nights in a different village within each of the pilot locations.

The uniformed officers spend four nights out of every six weeks in each pilot community and on the fifth day of their week of rotation return to Luganville to complete paperwork, update the Police Information Management System (PIMS), and conduct follow-up for any case work conducted while in the community.

Commander North, Willie Samuel, was pleased with progress of the police rotations to date.

“The police rotations provide a valuable mechanism for the VPF to build strong relationships with communities and increases VPF’s presence in remote communities,” he said.

The response from community members has been overwhelming, with community members enthusiastic about the increased police presence in their communities. The Authorised Persons and Registered Counsellors pilot is a significant development for Vanuatu and the Pacific, with the implementation for the first time of the Authorised Persons and Registered Counsellors provisions of the Family Protection Act. All other provisions used by the Courts and police for the issue of Temporary Protection Orders and to investigate and prosecute cases of domestic violence have been applied since the FPA’s commencement in March 2009.

The Authorised Persons and Registered Counsellors pilot has been underway for five months. To date, 20 Temporary Protection Orders were issued.

The Ministry of Justice and Community Services has overall responsibility and oversight of the pilot while the Australian Government-funded Vanuatu Australia Policing and Justice Program is responsible for leading its implementation.

Long wik ia , Vanuatu Police Force hemi kasem samfala help blong upgradem wok blong Vanuatu Police Force.

Ol achievements ia hemi Handing ova blong Police Gymnasium, Refurbishment blong Police College, launching blong New Police Recruits mo handing ova blong wan newfala truck blong prosecution.

Ol achievements ia oli kam wetem wan purpose blong mekem wok blong servem nation ia.

Ol achievements ia Police I recevim long Her Excellency Jenny DA RIN, Australian high Commissioner, mo AFP Commander , Manager Pacific , Amanda Kates .

Long ol speeches blong tufala , Australian Government hemi glad tumas blong supportem Vanuatu Police Force mo bae hemi continue blong kivim support long ol time we I stap kam .

Vanuatu Police Force Commissioner, Mr Albert Nalpini, we I stap blong officiatem ol achievements ia hemi talem bigfala tankiu long Australian Government long ol Continuios support I kam long VPF .

“ Ol Achivement ia oli kam wetem wan purpose blong servem pipol blong Nation ia mo yumi mas lukaotem gud “ hemi toktok blong Police Commissioner.