Police Reservists

The second intake for 2022 included 123 women.

Police Commissioner David Manning said the reserve recruits had undergone police work ethics, community policing, basic investigation, and police arrest procedures including electoral offences.

He added that RPNGC is taking all necessary steps to train competent and model citizens in their respective communities.

Topping the class of 155 Reservists at Bomana in Court filing, Richard passed out with flying colours at Bomana Police Training College to volunteer and provide community policing, and assisting the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary during the 2022 National General Elections.

He was recruited under the new reservist recruitment drive by RPNGC, intake 1 of 2022.

Richard comes from a mixed parentage of Southern Highlands Province and Chimbu and is married with three children.

The police reservists have been permitted to assist the Royal PNG Constabulary and the Electoral Commission.

The reservist officers will assist over the period of 12th May to 29th July, 2022.

Department of Personnel Management (DPM) Secretary, Taies Sansan said these officers will be put on their normal pay for the period specified, unless the services of a requested officer are essential to be running the Department’s operations, in which he or she must not be released.

The program was launched at the Gusap Tactical Training School in Madang on Monday (June 28^th).

With the slogan, ‘No child left behind’, the Morobe Provincial Government signed a memorandum of understanding with the Royal PNG Constabulary to train Grade 10 and 12 school-leavers in Morobe Province.

Under the Kundu Vision 2048, the provincial government supported the police reservist intervention program with K2 million to give the school leavers a second chance at improving their lives.

This was directed by the Lae Metropolitan Superintendent Commander, Anthony Wagambie junior, who also noted that the reservists were only called on duty for the election period, and will cease police operations effective this week.

“As of this week Monday directives have been given that no National Police Reservists are to perform duties except those that are on MOU”.

He reiterated that, MOU Reservists in Lae belong to Romeo 14 which is a back- up Unit for the FootBeat Police, Unitech Reservists Unit, BSP Reservists, Trukai Reservists and Lae City Council Reservists.

Personnel Management Secretary, John Kali, made the request in a circular issued at the start of the week.

In an advance notice given for agencies to plan ahead, Kali said reservists had been called to assist during the elections between June and July.

“I am therefore requesting that all agency heads look favourably upon requests from police reservists in their organisations to attend to the Police Commissioner’s call,” he said.

“As far as possible, police reservists should be released for the whole of the 2017 election period.

NCD Governor, Powes Parkop, said this after pictures of the female vendor with blood streaming down her face and arm went viral on social media.

Parkop said City Rangers would not be involved in the raid, as they do not operate at Waigani.

However, he is uncertain if any reserve police officers were involved.

“I’m not trying to dent away from criticism but the police that were involved, and the vehicle used by the perpetrators, that’s a vehicle that belongs to regular police.