7 week of regional Drill and Physical training comes to an end

A 7-week regional Drill and Physical training came to end on Friday 13th of March 2025, with law enforcement officers from seven (7) Pacific Island countries graduating from the course.

The intense course delivered through the Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police – Pacific Community for Law Enforcement Cooperation (PCLEC) saw officers from the RSIPF ???????? Vanuatu Police Force ???????? Tonga Police ???????? Tuvalu police service ???????? CNMI Department of Public Safety ???????? Samoa Police, Prisons & Corrections Services ???????? and Fiji ???????? enhance their capabilities in their roles as instructors in drill and physical training.

The Commissioner of Police Rusiate Tudravu closed the 7-week course emphasising the importance of the two disciplines in the work of policing.

“While we deal with external threats of policing, we also must look within and deal with the internal threats, one of which is to our human resources component where we are losing officers at an alarming rate.”

“We are losing officers who have succumbed to health issues at an alarming rate, and I believe, as an organisation we have a duty of care towards our officers’ health and well-being, and this is where you all come in.”

Supported by the Australian Federal Police, elements of the training included physiology, principles of training, drill preparations, survival skills and various outbound exercises facilitated by the Academy staff and the Republic Of Fiji Military Forces Naval Division.

“Discipline and fitness and health are challenges faced by policing jurisdictions the world over, health, a global issue noting the demanding nature and toll policing takes on our lives.”

“It is an exciting day, as the graduation furthers regional efforts under the AFP supported Pacific Policing Initiative of a multi-national Pacific Police response capabilities in varying areas of policing, this being crucial to policing, drill and physical training.