THE Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) is conducting an additional recruitment drive at the Bomana National Centre of Excellence (NCoE) in the National Capital District (NCD) to increase the number of recruits entering police training.
With the opening of new infrastructure at the Bomana NCoE, the RPNGC Management has increased the intake per batch from 300 to 500 recruits. This initiative supports the National Government’s commitment to expand the national police force to 10,000 personnel by 2030, in line with the ongoing Law and Justice Sector reforms. From 2026 onwards, the Constabulary aims to further increase intake numbers to approximately 700 recruits per batch.
In December 2025, a public call-out invited interested applicants from NCD, Central, and Gulf provinces to apply for this additional recruitment drive. A total of 7,696 applications were received via the RPNGC online portal. Of these, 2,711 applicants were shortlisted, while the remainder were unsuccessful due to reasons such as missing documents, low grades in Mathematics and English, being over the age limit, or failing to meet other recruitment criteria.
The shortlisted applicants will proceed through the recruitment process to determine their eligibility for the additional intake. Successful candidates from this drive will join the second batch of 2025 recruits drawn from the Highlands and New Guinea Islands regions for police training commencing in April 2026.
Due to time constraints, this additional recruitment drive is limited to NCD, Central, and Gulf provinces. A separate call-out for the 2026 Police Recruitment will be announced later.
Of the 2,711 shortlisted applicants, 2,086 are from NCD, 463 from Central, and 162 from Gulf Province. The recruitment process for NCD candidates is currently underway at the Bomana NCoE. Once completed, the team will proceed to Central and Gulf provinces. The NCD recruitment began on Monday, 9 February 2026, and is expected to finish by the end of this week.
The recruitment process includes:
Screening and Validation – verifying height requirements and ensuring all documents are original and valid.
Testing – assessing literacy skills and comprehension.
Interview
Medical Examination
Practical Training Test
Character Reference Check
From the 2,086 NCD applicants, 1,638 came for Screening and Validation, while 448 did not show up. Following document checks, 518 candidates were removed for reasons including no National Identification (NID) card, submission of fake documents, or failure to meet height requirements.
It was also discovered that nine candidates had presented falsified documents. Upon questioning, they identified small printing companies and individuals responsible for producing these forgeries. Police will investigate and pursue criminal charges against those involved in producing these fake documents. All fake documents were confiscated, and the applicants were cautioned and dismissed from the process.
To improve and safeguard the recruitment process, the RPNGC will engage a Criminal Investigation Detective Team in future drives to thoroughly investigate and criminally charge applicants who submit fraudulent documents. Applicants are reminded that producing fake documents is a criminal offence.
A total of 1,120 candidates has passed the Screening and Validation stage and have sat for the Entry Test. Those who pass this stage have proceeded to the Interview Phase which is currently being conducted.
In promoting equal employment opportunities, the Constabulary has enhanced its recruitment system by conducting scheduled provincial awareness and walk-in application support tours. These sessions provide hands-on assistance in completing and submitting online applications, as well as support for applicants facing connectivity issues or lacking digital resources.
To reach more people, especially in rural areas, the Recruitment Team will visit provinces and districts nationwide. The outreach began in Gulf and Central provinces and will continue across the country.
A call-out for the 2026 Recruitment for both the Regular Police Training and Police Cadet Training will be advertised in May 2026.
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Check the certificate numbers if it is fake numbers, then arrest the person who is a principle or coordinator. Because some of us sit for grade twelve national exam formally as we filled out the request form. And when we are accepted then our names are written on the notice board without any ruin or offence it’s fode. And the meaning of fode is flexible open distance education. Where as we ourselves taught ourselves and have our own results and our own certificate. When our names and marks are not kept properly by teacher due to the teacher misplaced it then they offer us bonus. So if the teacher fail to provide our academic report and result then we report the matter to the administration to get the certificate we want and followed up for some donkey years without ruin and offenses to the school administration. Like for my cause I followed up for three years since year 2021 grade twelve national exam in which we done it at dbti hall as full correspondent and not an grade twelve upgrader since it’s thousand of us fode struggling to hire teacher to teach us. Some students couldn’t follow up they quit and lost their opportunity. And am not quit from where I follow up. Am just finding solution to my problem as they (the teachers) agreed for. My certificate is original and if I am recruited to be a police officer, then I know where the instigator is where as lake of proper education benefits due to political interest and manipulation beside nephotism crime rate is increasing. Remember we are going to solve the problem where there is agreement when the word yes as said, your words are powerful when you say yes i agree to solve the problem where the instigator of crime rate comes from.
So nice , recruit some potentials guys those who are in their ages between 30 and 45. They will out the policing responsibilities as expected by the law . Recruiting of young ones between 20 and 30 now are days spoiling police hierarchy . What they are taught in the training are gone , they never act accordingly. Country is needing deciplined people who will carry out the tasks as required.
To the RPNGC Recruitment Team,
I am a 35 year old male from Central Province. I have been applying to Regular recruitment since leaving school in 2009 from Sogeri National High school. I was not selected every time I applied. Now I’m 35 years old and still I applied last year but was rejected due to age. However, to my suprise, I think there are older people like my age who have been selected in the process.
I believe if we take a moment, reconsider and be realistic, a person is more ambitious and determined and therefore tirelessly putting a effort to achieve a goal and a purpose but it’s the system that is causing him/her to be a failure. Please I will be applying again in the next recruitment drive and I hope for a positive outcome from this.
If there are people who are selected but not turning up for the selection process, then I perhaps some of us who are willing to serve the Nation but are dropped due to over age but yet are on merit should be recalled and fill the gap of those who did not turned up.
I believe though I am over 30, I have the potential and am academically qualified to join the Police Force.
Thank you for your attention.
Concerned Applicant
Central Province
Interested