In any natural disaster - for example cyclone, tsunami, flood, earthquake, volcanic eruption causing damage or landslide - refer to the National Disaster Management Office website.  Always follow the instructions of the Vanuatu Police Force who may be assisting in the management of the disaster.

Acting Commissioner of Police made a statement this morning at the opening of the VPF Business Plan Budget meeting at the Aquana resort.

In his statement, he highlighted some important Policy decisions and directions that will soon be implemented, as it is very important to help the VPF shape a way forward in addressing the security challenges and risks and at the same time build on opportunities that are currently present.

Commissioner emphasize on building a stronger relationship with citizens through better delivery of services and through greater involvement of citizens in our Police Force. 

Commissioner acknowledge and thank the VPF security Partners for their tremendous work and support towards the VPF in particularly assistance provided through the Vanuatu Australian Justice and Policing Program and Defence Cooperation Program. The meeting will close on Friday 24^th May 2019.

Director Police College conduct an Inspection to the 2nd intake of the2019 recruitment at the Police training college.

Vanuatu Police Force through the Trans-National Crime Unit have now completed the investigations on Mr Price.

Mr Price owners home was raided November last year by the local Police, Police have been conducting investigations following reports of illegal activities that were reported by inside source. Following the raid, four suspects were arrested and still remanded at the correctional centre.

The case file is now with the Public Prosecutors office to appear before Supreme Court on the 06^th March 2019 to set up other date for the hearing.

 Charges that were laid are;

•  Slavery
• Money Laundering
• Human Trafficking  

 It is likely that more judges will be laid by the Public Prosecutor. The Vanuatu government is committed in the rations and other expenses of the victims who are directly involved in this case.

Police Traffic is appealing to all drivers and vehicle owners to make payments for their vehicle annual road tax 2019 before end of business on Friday 29^th March 2019.

 Police will confiscate any vehicle using the public roads in Vanuatu without 2019 annual road tax sticker on the said vehicle.

Any driver or vehicle owner that comes in to pay its annual Road Tax 2019 after the said date will have another 25% added to the normal fee.

It is against traffic laws to drive a vehicle on a public road without an annual road tax.

Under the Road traffic Control Act Cap 29 police has all the powers to confiscate any vehicle that do not pay annual road tax. Such vehicle has threats to road safety for other road users.
Similarly, all vehicles using a public road in Vanuatu must have a road worthiness certificate granted by the Government Workshop certifying the said vehicle is road worthy.

To ensure road safety is maintain at all times Police will ensure road traffic laws are enforce.

Polis long Port Vila I bin involve long wan operation we oli kolem , Operation Black Ice.Operation ia hemi tekem ples long 18 kasem 20 October 2018 long ol different areas long Port Vila .

Operation Black Ice hemi focus plante long Marijuana mo I lukim I gat ol different police activity I happen long time ia blong wok wetem ol case blong Marijuana .

Ol activities ia I involvem Search Warrant , beat Patrol , Mobile Patrol, Awareness mo arrest we ol Police officer oli mekem .

Polis I bin conductem search long 16 areas mo 1 shipping vessel long Port Vila , we I lukim wan total blong 29 search we polis I conductem .

Long narafala activity , ol police I attendem 3 areas olsem , Empty house long Bahai street , Empty House long karri shopping , mo Fresh wota 6 hill mo serachem 36 man mo arrestem 5 man follem ol charges blong Marijuana.

Long search we polis I mekem long Empty house long bahai street I lukim 21 male students blong Lycee school we polis I searchem mo cautionem olgeta mo 8 oli charged from oli stap long possession blong marijuana mo lukluk ol phonogrphy pictures.

Long semak fasin , polis I searchem 8 yangafala long empty house long kari shopping mo arrestem 5 long Fresh wota hill from oli stap long possession blong marijuana.

Long every area we polis I mekem wok long hem , I gat awareness we oli conductem long side blong use , dangerous effect mo law blong marijuana .

Long operation ia , polis I arrestem 35 man mo oli bail nao mo bae oli pass long court long 5th December 2018 .

Long semak storian , polis I harvetsem 101 plants blong marijuana long 5 different areas mo destroyem 3 hot spots we hemi Ohlen , Fresh wota mo Teuoma we yu save finem plante yangafala oli stap ko long ol place ia blong karem marijuana .

Polis istap layem charge againsem trifala woman from, Riot/ Kidnapping/ Intentional Assault/ Act of Indecency without consent lo wan woman.

Follem wan official complaint wei Polis I recivem lo 18/10/2018 trifala woman oli bin grup tugeta mo fosem victim aot lo wok blo hem lo Teouma mo takem hem ikam lo Erakor bridge mo oli assaultem hem wipem bodi blo hem lo rope mo oli cutem hair blo hem wetem bell knife.
Polis ibin respond lo official complaint ia mo arrestem trifala woman ia mo detainem olgeta lo cell # 6 and long 21st October 2018 Magistrate court iremandem olgeta lo custody kasem 22nd October mo court irilisim olgeta long wan strict bail condition.

Case i stap under lo Polis investigation.

Another testimony to the progress of the security partnership between the Vanuatu Police Force and the People’s Liberation Army of the People’s Republic of China.

Security is an important institution in any country when considering the social and economic development activities.” Development always comes with its advantage and disadvantage,” said the Acting commissioner of Police.

In a ceremony on Friday at the cook barracks the Acting Commissioner of Police take the opportunity to convey the VPF appreciation to the Hon: Minister of Internal Affairs for understanding the challenges the Vanuatu Police Force is experiencing and made decision to take up the matter to find solution to enable the Vanuatu Mobile Force perform its role to the government expectations. He also thank the People’s Liberation Army and Chinese National Police through the Chinese Embassy in Vanuatu for their continuing assistance to the Vanuatu Police Force to participate on past and current long-term courses, short-term training and workshops.

The ambassador of china in Vanuatu HE Mr. Zhou Hiacheng on Friday handed over sports equipment, band Instrument to the Vanuatu Mobile Force the total amount of all equipment is around 30 Million vatu. The acting Commission respect the friendly close working cooperation between the two countries.

Wan Investigation team we I involvem Professional Standards Unit, CID, Forensic mo TRG long Southern Command wetem wan Pathologist blong Australia, Mr. Calle Winskog oli depart long Port Vila 17/10/2018 long wan chartered flight I ko long Lonorore, South Pentecost.

Vanuatu Australia Policing Justice Program (VAPJP) I fundem trip blong two chartered flights blong transportem ol investigators I go mo kam back long Port Vila.

Follem ol complaints we police I recivim long dead blong wan 8- months old baby we I dead long 16/09/2018 , Investigation team ia hemi ko mo perfomem autopsy long baby ia mo apprehendem wan suspect mo escortem I kam long Vila .

Suspect, I stap facem four fala charges blong:

1. Domestic Violence

2. Intentional Assault

3. Treat to Kill

4. Duty to provide the necessaries of life

Commanding officer blong operation ia , Acting Superintendent Glen Nicholson MAHINA we I leadim 6-man team I confirm se operation I bin tekem ples long Area blong Waterfall I go kasem Sanmara village ples we autopsy I tekem ples long hem long South Pentecost.

Investigation mo autopsy I been conducted successfully mo result blong autopsy bae I release after we specialist Doctor ia I finalisem report blong hem .

Long second day blong operation ,nomata long heavy rain, team I wokabaout 2km uphill mo arrestem suspect long village blong hem long Sanmara mo escortem hem I kam long Port Vila blong answerem ol allegations we I stap againsem hem.

Team leader I confirm se Suspect hemi wan ex – prisoner we I bin commitim offence blong sexual intercourse without concern and I bin release long parole from correctional centre long 20 December 2016. Parole period blong hem I lapse long 31st August 2017.

Police through long team leader I talem bigfala thank yu long Tanmonok Joseph, Chief Justin Tabi mo Rogasia wetem community long Sanmara village mo community long waterfall long assistance we oli providem long team mekem se work I save complete.

Plante time Public hemi stap blamem polis long slow response blong hem long ol incidents we I stap happen time oli stap kol I kam long Polis station blong polis I helpem olgeta.

Naoia I kam wan bigfala concern blong Polis time wan member blong public I kol I kam mo wantem polis I assistim hem .

Every dei, polis long Vila Polis station I recordem 4 fake calls we oli recivim , blong polis I attendem wan incident long wan area . Record I showem se time ol Police officer long front desk oli ko lo location blong incident oli finemaot se I nogat wan incident olsem we oli bin reportem .

Kind fasin blong stap kiaman long ol report , hemi contribute bigwan long running mo demoralisation long wok we wan polis man long front line I stap mekem .

Fuel consumption too hemi wan issue , instead blong polis hemi attentem wan true report be hemi waistem fuel blong ron from wan false report .

Polis I stap mekem wan appeal I ko public blong no mekem kind fasin blong satp kol I kam long Polis station mo mekem ol false report .

Polis I stap work naoia blong monitorem ol fake calls we oli stap recievim mo bae I deal wetem anyone we hemi involve long nogud fasin olsem

Polis lo Lakatoro ibin karem aot wan operation lo Friday night mo arrestem suspect ia lo village blo Returr lo soutrh East blo Malekula lo area blo Vanbaur aria.

Suspect hemi stap lo hand blo Polis lo Lakatoro mo ibin fly aot lo saturday ikam lo Port Vila mo arrive lo 16:00hrs, lo arrival blo hem lo airport Polis lo Port Vila itakem hem mo detainem hem lo cell #6.

Suspect ia istap nawia lo custody blo Polis blo ikarem aot full investigations lo case blo hem, ol judges wei I stap againsem hem,

• Domestic Violence
• Homicide

After lo full investigations suspect bai remand long correctional centre blo wait lo PI blo hem.

Acting Commissioner blo Polis hemi wandem talem bigfala thank blo Vanuatu Polis Fos iko lo ol community leaders, chiefs blo Kurumabe village lo Port Vila , chief blo Returr village especially lo Vanbaur area lo south east Malekula mo general Public blo save help providem ol information wei oli save concernem suspect ia blo yumi save karem hem ikam blo facem Jastis. Same tok thank yu iko lo ol White box bus drivers wei oli save respond lo appeal blo Polis blo kam forward wetem information blo Polis isave wok blo karem prime suspect ia.

Polis I appreciatem tumus bigfala wok relationship mo askem sapose yumi save continue blo wok tugeta lo ol kind situations olsem blo makem Vanuatu hemi safe

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.