Sunday, November 2, 2025
Sunday, November 2, 2025
POLICE TO RECRUIT 1,400 POLICE OFFICERS ANNUALLY IN THE FUTURE.
With the government’s intent to increase the number of police officers in the country, the police department, under the leadership of David Manning, is working hard to achieve this goal by collaborating closely with the Partners to help fulfill this intent.
Police Commissioner David Manning, who was honored to welcome the new Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Krissy Barrett for her first visit here for the ribbon-cutting of 14 renovated recruit barracks and the groundbreaking ceremony marking the start of a major construction phase to upgrade training facilities at the Bomana Regional Center of Excellence, was pleased to announce that police recruitment will now increase from 300 recruits to 700 recruits per intake.
Commissioner Manning added that the refurbishment of police barracks will now enable them to increase the number of recruits to 700 per intake, and 1,400 recruits will be trained and deployed annually across the country. While speaking on the increase in police recruits, he also noted that increasing the number of training facilities will make way for other regions to come to Bomana to undergo training. Commissioner Manning said the facilities will play an important role in the training of police officers not only in PNG but across the Pacific.
Commissioner Manning, while acknowledging the infrastructure development taking place, also thanked the governments of Australia and PNG for continuously supporting the police department, which has now seen great change at the Bomana National Centre of Excellence.
Police Minister Peter Tsiamalili also acknowledged the support from the Australian government, which has been working closely to fight crimes of all types in the country and across the Pacific. He said the recently signed security agreement is a way forward for the police to work with their counterparts to fight crime in the region. He also thanked the PNG government for its support in improving the police training facilities, which will enable more police officers to graduate in the future.
Australian High Commissioner to PNG Ewen McDonland, who was happy to be present at the opening and groundbreaking ceremony, thanked the Police Minister and Police Commissioner, stating that what they had discussed regarding police manpower is now coming to fruition. He said he was pleased that the discussion was not a waste when he met with the Police Minister and some senior government ministers.
The AFP Commissioner, Krissy Barrett, who was recently appointed, has pledged her support to work with Police Commissioner David Manning and Fiji Police Force Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu to help the policing service in PNG, Fiji, and the Pacific. Commissioner Barrett, who officially opened the 14 refurbished barracks and led the groundbreaking ceremony for the training facilities, acknowledged the hard work done by the former commissioners and those who worked behind the scenes to make all this happen.
The team of police commissioners from Fiji and Australia concluded the program by signing a security agreement with Commissioner Manning to strengthen their policing relationship in the Pacific.
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