ASSISTANT Commissioner (ACP) Policy and Planning Division, Rigga Neggi told members of the Constabulary that their meaningful contributions and discussions on the Police Act 1998 Law Review and the Constabulary Standing Orders (CSOs) are very important and is valuable.
ACP Neggi said the participants have a lot of valuable experiences acquired over many years of service in the police force, so they could make meaningful contributions from these experiences. He said some of them may not be around for long in the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC), so they needed to make contributions to the Police Act Review and the CSO before they exit.
Mr Neggi said that was the reason why they brought in a lot of members with experiences in the workshop to participate and contribute meaningfully.
ACP Neggi made these remarks today whilst officiating the five-day workshop on the internal consultations on the Police Act Review and the Constabulary Standing Orders roll-out at the Highlander Hotel in Mt Hagen, Western Highlands Province (WHP).
“You have a lot of experiences where we cannot find in the textbooks. We need your contributions with those experiences so it will help us make relevant amendments to the police Act and update the CSO as well.
“We have selected members from the Criminal Investigation Division (CID), prosecutions and those officers that we think will contribute meaningfully into the discussion.
“Your presence here means a lot to us because it is part of the process for consultation especially with the Police Act Review,” ACP Neggi said.
“This is the process, and it is a requirement that must be done involving a wide audience from within the RPNGC in the regions. This is the reason why the participants are in the workshop,” ACP Neggi said.
ACP Neggi said the Police Act is almost 25 years old, and it needs to be updated as well as the CSO. The CSO has been revised but the contents in the CSO needed to be updated with anything that is missing so they need to look at improving on that and make contributions especially on the CSO.
Mr Neggi added that the police officers have experiences to prosecute cases or investigate it, so they need to contribute to help improve those two documents.
He said the CSO has been revised, but the contents of the CSO needed to be improved so, they are running the workshops together to gauze contributions from the officers on the ground level.
The five-day workshop for the Constabulary members in the Highlands East and West Commands commenced today Monday 02nd December and will end on Friday 06th December 2024. The first two days, Monday 02nd December and Tuesday 03rd is to have discussions on the Police Act Review whilst the other three days is to have discussions on the CSO.
The two similar workshops have already been conducted at Dixie Bungalow at the 17 Mile in Port Moresby and at the Gazelle International Hotel in Kokopo, East New Britain Province (ENBP) respectively. The final workshop will be conducted next week in Lae, Morobe province for the members of the Northern Command.
