MEDIA STATEMENT
THE former police commander looking after the New Guinea Island region Assistant Commissioner of Police, Perou N`dranou is now the commander looking after Border Command.
This follows a recent transfer directive dated July 09th, 2024, the former commander of Boarder Assistant Commissioner of Police Peter Philip will now take up his new post as the Assistant Commissioner of Police Training looking after the National Center of Excellence Bomana.
During a handover ceremony ACP Peter Philip while handing over the command to ACP N`dranou said policing in border command is very challenging because of the geographical setting. He said with the limited resources, the command had been looked after with what they had on hand.
“ I want to thank the Stakeholders both government and private sectors, who have been very supportive in providing assistance when police need help. I want to thank the three provincial governments, the district members, LLG presidents and everyone in Western, East and West Sepik provinces. I specifically want to thank OKTedi Mining, one of the major contributors in policing in Western and West Sepik provinces,” ACP Philip said.
He also thanked the police officers who served under him for their contribution to the command and called on them to do the same to the new commander. He said the stakeholders must also do the same to make sure policing service reaches all the people in the command.
ACP N`dranou while taking up the Boarder Command brief thanked the Commissioner for trusting me to lead a command with more challenges in policing. He said with the commissioner he is ready to start work as soon as possible.
“I have plans for the command but will carry on with what the former ACP had prepared. While serving in NGI I had always stressed about the basics of policing which I want the police officers to be at work to attend to all when they come. I also want to work with stakeholders because policing is not only for the police but for everyone. I also want the police officers to maintain discipline in the command, ACP N`dranou said.
He further thanked the police officers, the people of East and West New Britain, New Ireland and Manus who had worked closely with him while serving as the commander of NGI.
He said he is ready for the formal handover of the command to the new NGI commander ACP Naua Vanuawaru.
