HONIARA OUTSPOKEN man has called on the entire citizens in the country to trust and build confidence in our own police force.
Mr Henry Kahui raised the statement after a planned learnt to be in placed to engage the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in the country after the withdrawal of RAMSI next year.
He said it is a critical matter for the country to rightly take into serious consideration, and can only be happen upon the interest of all Solomon Islanders.
Mr Kahui stated that the country have its own forces and being a sovereign state, inviting foreign forces into the country will seems the country is underestimating its own force.
“We need to have trust and confidence in our own force and let them do the work others maybe invite to do in country.
“It is a serious issue to look into it, and government must make right decisions on their plan to engage AFP into the country.
“I see there’s no area for the government to invites foreign force into the country at this stage. Because I believe RSIPF can now do any work of their requirements in the country, as they can now prove their capabilities nowadays,” he said.
In the meantime, Mr Kahui recommended that if the government still doesn’t has confidence in the RSIPF, they need to look into extension of RAMSI’s term for a short while more in the country.
“Another area maybe for the government to increase their budget and recruit more police officers.
“With that, appropriate and professional trainings are needed for our local police force as it can up-skill them with more professional standard in their work.
“If not really trusting or having confident in our police force, government also needs to revisit the police act and revive special constables to help-out with the police in the country.
“Otherwise, the government to look into engaging private security firms to be part of the police forces, to assist in security purposes in the country,” he said.
Mr Kahui stated that RSIPF has the capability to do what other forces can do if the government can provide appropriate resources to them.
However, RSIPF is the country’s force and it has been encouraged that the government and the people in the country to trust and have confidence on them.
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