Community Policing Engagement

Police officers from Sigatoka Policing District are strengthening their community engagement activities by initiating cleanup campaigns and fundraising drives for the various communities in Nadroga Navosa.

The Sigatoka officers have formed a 7s Rugby Team known as Veiqaravi Nadroga Navosa, and the team has been competing in local 7s tournament and also engaging with the community, by assisting in their village community work.

The Officer in Charge (OC) Sigatoka Policing District, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Silio Finau said "Members of our 7s rugby team help with village community work in Naduri and other taskings they want us to assist with last week.

We even assisted in preparing their village grounds for the Naduri 7s tournament,” said ASP Finau.

“In the Nawaka 7s tournament last week we went there a few days early and conducted some community work and community awareness as well,” he added.

Yesterday the team was at Lawai village assisting with the village cleanup before the commencement of the Lawai 10-aside rugby tournament this weekend.

The tournament organizers’ and the police team will hold a fundraising drive with all proceeds going towards assisting the Lawai Rugby Club.

“We are also planning to revive 7s rugby tournaments in villages in Nadroga Navosa in the coming weeks with gate takings from these tournaments handed over to the respective club hosting the tournament, to help purchase their rugby training gear, gyms sets, and rugby balls, and things like that,” said ASP Finau.

The Veiqaravi Nadroga Navosa players and management are all police officers serving in Sigatoka District with only two civilians’ playing for the team.