The Acting Assistant Commissioner for Police (ACP) Human Resources Division of the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) Mr Gaiwary Tinga confirmed that a total of 18,460 applications were received through the RPNGC’s newly introduced online portal system for the 2025 Police Recruitment.
Of the 18,460 interested applicants, only 500 qualified applicants will be recruited to undergo the Police Training given the limited capacity of the National Centre of Excellence at Bomana.
There are five stages of the recruitment process for all candidates to pass through before qualifying for the training. The first stage is Screening and Validation which is currently ongoing. With the ongoing screening and validation process 5750 candidates have passed through, 2415 are yet to be screened whilst 10,295 applications were rejected due to no attachments on the application portal, low grades in English and Maths, overaged or no National Identification Cards (NID) or Birth Certificates attached.
The shortlisted candidates were batched into two groups. The first group include Momase and Southern Regions and the second group include New Guinea Islands and Highlands Regions. Screening for the first group was completed and a total of 4016 were shortlisted for the next stage. The second group is still undergoing screening and the list will be published once completed.
The stages of the recruitment process include; Screening and Validation, Testing, Interview, Medical Check, Physical Fitness and finally Reference Check.
There will be two batches of recruits for this year. The first batch of 250 recruits will start their training in June and the second batch of another 250 recruits will commence their training in December.
For this recruitment drive, RPNGC will be engaging the services of external agencies like the Department of Education, The Fode Centre and NID/Civil Registry for the purpose of verifying Grades 10 and 12 Certificates, NID Cards and Birth Certificates.
With the influx of people going to the extreme of scanning fake documents to find employment, RPNGC is taking this step to ensure genuine candidates are recruited and not impersonators looking for employment opportunities. If anyone found to be in possession of fake documents will be disqualified and arrested.
RPNGC is an equal employment opportunity employer and encourages genuine candidates from all class and gender to apply.
Those shortlisted can click here and take note of the required documents that should be brought in for the next stages of the recruitment process.
“We acknowledge the support from the National Government, RPNGC Executive Management and our policing partner PNG-APP who have contributed immensely to ensure the Recruitment Process in RPNGC continues and we are able to bring in new employees to the organization,” says Tinga.